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Dear Editor,

Re: Folkestone set to become a 'polo mint' town if parking plans get go ahead

This is disgusting.

I work 21 hours a week for the government and I am a single mum.

If parking charges are introduced it would have a huge financial impact on me and I'm not sure that I could afford it.

I have to use my car as my child care starts at 8am for both children and obviously can't be in two places at the same time, so I physically can not get into work on time unless I use my car.

If parking charges are introduced I would, more than likely, have to leave my job as it would no longer be financially viable.

Why would Shepway Council want to give people anymore reason to not come to the town? Folkestone is enough of a ghost town as it is.

If I can not afford the parking charges, which, even if I buy a permit it's still first come first served so I'm not guaranteed a space, then I cannot afford my home.

This, for me, is a huge problem and something that I worry about constantly.

Yours

Dawn ******

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