MACC call on votes for air base community buy out now

[Kintyre Forum News]

Over the last few days ballot papers have arrived through the letter boxes of residents who appear on the 1st December 2010 Electoral Register and stay in the PA28 6 postcode area asking the electorate to vote on whether you support the community purchase of the former R.A.F. Airfield Machrihanish, including all the airport infrastructure to benefit the community of the postcode area PA28 6.

MACC director Tom Millar said "The community needs to say yes to the ballot or we are dead in the water. There is no plan B and all the public bodies seem to acknowledge that now"

The re-run of the vote is happening again due to minor technacalities in the original vote which was held in May this year and resulted in a massive 97.4% support from a remarkable 67.35% turnout.

* "YES" votes: 3903 (97.4%)
* "NO" votes: 96 (2.4%)
* Spoiled ballots: 8 (0.2%)
* Proxy votes: 0

However, the errors were minor matters like saying Kintyre instead of South Kintyre on the ballot paper.

Ian Wardrop of MACC said "It is very important that people return their ballot papers and they must do by the 17th December. Please, please vote again"

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The MACC Final Business Plan is now on the MACC website - http://machrihanish.org