Petrie/Scottish Water

[4th gen Suthen']

So, Mr Petrie thinks Campbeltown is a nightmare in long term decline does he.......................

[Jeanette]

Mr Petrie believes, it is heartbreaking. "Campbeltown is a nightmare," he said. "It is a town that has suffered badly in recent years"

Mr Petrie was part of that nightmare a few short years ago when he was "the friendly face of the water board".

I was at meetings where he defended the design of our new sewerage system and wholehearted agreed with the decision to charge 50 odd residents £1000.00 as their contribution to the debacle. These same residents had been paying water and sewerage rates like everyone else who was liable and had been doing so since rates began.

He was useless then and I don't suppose he will have changed much.

He goes on to say in his election statement. "he is convinced that he will win Argyll and Bute this time"

Not with my bloody vote he won't

jeanette

[gizmo]

You'll not be a fan then?

[jdcarra]

Mr Petrie believes, it is heartbreaking. "Campbeltown is a nightmare," he said. "It is a town that has suffered badly in recent years"

Mr Petrie was part of that nightmare a few short years ago when he was "the friendly face of the water board".

I was at meetings where he defended the design of our new sewerage system and wholehearted agreed with the decision to charge 50 odd residents £1000.00 as their contribution to the debacle. These same residents had been paying water and sewerage rates like everyone else who was liable and had been doing so since rates began.

He was useless then and I don't suppose he will have changed much.

He goes on to say in his election statement. "he is convinced that he will win Argyll and Bute this time"

Not with my bloody vote he won't

jeanette

Well said Jeanette

Remember it all to well through EKCC, the promises, the changes, the good for the community. Some of them have retired, others have scarpered to other jobs leaving behind the nightmares, blunders and smell.

[Jeanette]

You'll not be a fan then?

Did you notice

This sewerage farce has been endured by the folk of this town for almost eight years now and as jdcarra said most of the original perpetrators have moved onwards, upwards and sideways but we are left with the mess we have today.

People like Dave Petrie have short memories and now he wants us to vote for him? From what I saw and heard of him I don't think he is what Campbeltown needs and in my opinion nobody in Campbeltown should be a fan.

jeanette

[WC1]

I hold no brief for Mr Petrie, but he also said of Campbeltown that "The people there have an amazing spirit, but more needs to be done to help them". It's important that we continue to seek that help, but we need a clear idea (or ideas) of the form that help might take and whom we should approach for it. Which brings us back to the original point of this thread, does it not?

[Sweltered]

Kind of shooting the messenger there. I have no clue who this Petrie fella is, or what he did, or if he would make a good MSP (unlikely, if he is a Tory) but his comments in the Herald were by and large true. The new sewage system had nothing to do with the Shipyard, Jeager or the pit closing. It has certainly added to the decline tho. I'm guessing he didn't design the new system, so he was just the windbag PR guy then?
He is not a Seer, just because he said it, doesn't mean it'll come true.

[Jeanette]

he also said of Campbeltown that "The people there have an amazing spirit, but more needs to be done to help them".

I believe he used those very same words at a meeting in the Ardshiel hotel about five years ago. I find it as condescending now as I did then.

Maybe he should change his speech writer.

I don't think I went off the thread but if I did I am sure the mods will move or delete it.

jeanette

[Charlie]

Dave Petrie has every right to be elected if nobody stands against him, and he gets elected. if he ends up representing us (but not very well) who's fault is that?

any budding msps on here?