Sorry, but your Aug. 5 article about the ElectriCities meeting in Myrtle Beach, S.C. failed to convince me that criticisms of this meeting's costs aren't justified.

Tell me why the cities were spending so much money on fuel to get to a destination where they were going to discuss how to learn about saving energy? The cost of rooms is only one aspect of this waste of money.

It's time we get some younger people running the city. I'm sure they know how to hold meetings on the Web.

DIANE ALDRIDGE

Elizabeth City