I AM surprised that Karyn Fleeting (Letters, June 27) should refer to the articles in Private Eye and The Guardian to support her claims against Coun Gardner as both of these articles referred to, and relied, on inaccurate and economical information supplied by the Save Our Spa Campaign.

Both articles quote the support gained by the previously lauded petition which, by her own admission, was both incorrect and misleading at

the time signatures were taken.

If there has been so much "regular" comment in the Gazette, why has the Save Our Spa website stopped uploading such copy after May 9. Perhaps it is because the majority is actually in favour of Harrogate Council’s proposals.

Six months have now passed with very little (except for a nice sketch by an architect’s assistant) of substance and sustainability proposed for the Ripon baths site as an option to the Harrogate Council plans.

Even Ripon City Council suggest they propose to abject their responsibility for difficult decision making by firstly having two members of the council abstain when asked to vote on the Spa Baths future, and secondly by proposing to pass the buck to Ripon residents by way of a referendum.

The so called "Battle of the Baths" has fizzled out to nought, with Ripon residents more concerned with more pressing matters such as the ever changing Ripon traffic systems and they growing state of disrepair of the Market Square.