The governor of Perth Prison has weighed into the debate about the frankly unbelievable decision to build an incinerator in the centre of the town, right next door to the prison.
The incinerator was given planning permission a couple of years ago, but detailed plans are only now coming to light, and they include a 260 foot chimney.
Quite what the local authority was thinking is anyone's guess - although I would imagine they heard the words "money" and "waste solution" and immediately signed on the dotted line without thinking it through.
Those opposed to the incinerator will be heartened by the intervention of the prison governor. Her objections to the plant come from a different direction from the environmental ones - that the incinerator may facilitate escapes from the jail, it will make throwing things like drugs into the prison grounds easier, and that noise from the plant 24 hours a day will drive the prisoners bananas and lead to indiscipline.
Maybe she will succeed in this approach in a way that other residents can't. After all, if there's one thing councillors hate it is being seen as responsible for crime.
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