Not loony and left

IF BRIAN Hannan were to be believed (‘Broken record hard to swallow’, The Mail, 28 April), the anti-McDonald’s protestors are nothing better than a loony, left-fringe group fighting all forms of big business.
In actual fact, we are widely recognised as a socially diverse and peaceful community group (over 90 per cent of Tecomans), which covers the whole political spectrum.
However, we are all of one mind when it comes to the inappropriateness of McDonald’s in the Dandenong Ranges.
To answer Mr Hannan’s conjecture, I am myself a strong supporter and shareholder of the Bendigo Bank, but don’t consider that a ‘big box’ development like Bunnings is appropriate in the Dandenongs.
It’s rather discreditable that Mr Hannan also tries to revive a completely fabricated accusation that tried to stoke media alarm about a No Macca’s campaign ‘sabotage’ at last year’s Upwey RSL Anzac service.
Mr Hannan should well know that nothing disrespectful at all occurred at the service.
Furthermore, the campaign has had no trouble whatsoever with Upwey RSL, and, in fact, applauds it for not installing pokies there.
Karl Williams,
Tecoma.