GREENS councillor John Mackenzie must I believe be congratulated for highlighting the hypocrisy of the council in its refusal to make an assessment of the pollutants created by the Supercars event ("Councillor's race fury", Newcastle Herald 29/6).
Residents are very familiar with this kind of thing: there's been disputed figures on attendance, economic benefits for local business, and even the length of the lockdown required for the event. In my opinion it is scandalous to measure particulate pollution during the event at Newcastle West, and the council's response that the fuel has lower emissions is just as ludicrous.
