I received a postcard from what the writer called a “university town” in Germany recently.

And from the images on the card, the people there know the importance of art and architecture.

So why at home should the Old Bridge be the only redeeming structure of Pontypridd and the park the only relaxing space?

RCT’s match funding of the metal sculpture opposite Brown Lennox means that now, along with the Old Bridge and Ynysangharad Park, there is a third thing that can go on a Pontypridd postcard.

But what about the fourth?

Does Pontypridd have what it takes to come up with the next big idea?

The infantile letters of the Lib Dems each week in the Observer serves only to remind of the state of local politics in the area.

The penny-pinching nature of the finance committee on the Town Coincil makes me ashamed to be a town councillor, and I have not sought re-appointment to it.

The answer therefore lies not with the politicians but with the people.

We are not all as small-minded as the Lib Dems, who publically bemoan the town and borough council giving the Emotivate Project £2,000, which was match funding by money from outside the area worth over £8,000.

This project was not “art for art’s sake”, as Councillor John Bell said, but a value-for-money summer youth scheme.

Unlike his notices of motion which have produced only hot air, it will have a lasting impact on the appearance of the area.

We’ve all heard of the Big Apple – a concrete jungle where dreas are made up according to Alicia Keys.

But what about the Big Ponty?

Why should we settle for second best?

Why can’t we have the big ideas, the big dreams and the big ambitions?