Who will you be voting for on the 3rd May 2007?

[Dunc]

I want out of Europe..I want immigration curtailed..I want to stay in Union..I want nuke power and Trident.

Now who could I vote for...suggestions??

Locally now which one would I buy a second-hand car from...H,mmmmm

Maybe better not voting.

Dunc

[Jock Strap]

Doesn't really prove anything as it is on the day that counts but for what is worth I am supporting Donald, John and I don't really know if I will go further than that!

[bud]

john for me

think Donald has been good too but not sure about any others none of them seem to visit my part of the town

[sniper]

I would hope no matter who gets in for South Kintyre they would be united to do their combined best 40 hours a week 110 %

John i was considering voting for you but am i assume your only going to work for the community 40 hrs a week and would this be Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and will you be taking a lunch break during this time?

[markewan]

Quite frankly I think any person who has already been a councillor for Kintyre should get no votes at all. The state of C'town and Kintyre is a testament to how useless they have been. If you compare what the Councillors at Oban or Rothesay have achieved for their communities and look at the state of this area you know nobody elected here has made any impact at all at Kilmory.
Its John S for me and I would have liked to see another SNP candidate for me to vote for as well, especially as it looks as though an SNP government will get us our much promised Ferry service

[John S]

No, Councillors time is not limited to working hours, In fact I'd like to see many of the public committees which currently take place during the day actually take place in the evening to facilitate more public input and consultation. the figure of 40 hours is an approximation. The average full-time councillor works 43 hours pw that’s work not travel, lunch etc as you would expect.

[Malky]

Well I certainly won't be voting for John - or any of the others either

John will know why ......

Malky

[John S]

Try Ann Horn

[sniper]

Rory Coville was Councillor for my area, and i voted for him in the last election what a waste of a vote! What has he done in the past four years for our community (very little)?

I am very pleased the way the voting system has now changed as we will not be left with only one councillor to seek help from! Within the last year i found myself in the position of having to contact a councillor who was not the councillor for my ward to get help with a problem as Mr Coville was uncontactable!


We need people who will action change and not just sound good in the months running up to the Local Elections lets hope IF and i say IF John Semple gets in he doesnt turn out to all bluff and no stuff after all his wonderfull promises i have read on this forum!

[sniper]

No, Councillors time is not limited to working hours, In fact I'd like to see many of the public committees which currently take place during the day actually take place in the evening to facilitate more public input and consultation. the figure of 40 hours is an approximation. The average full-time councillor works 43 hours pw that’s work not travel, lunch etc as you would expect.

john,

Is it the case that now there is a wage avaliable for councillors you are willing to spend 43 hrs a week on council business or would you allow the same time had you been in office the previous term and if so are you willing to donate any wages you earn if elected to the South Kintyre community?

[Malky]

:lol: Try Ann Horn

Believe I will John

Malky

[Glory Blazer]

Have heard about this forum for quite some time, only now getting onto it having just got myself a computer!!

I like the topical issues that are up for discussion, I think this could be to the benefit of the local community.

Talking of the local community, with the up and coming elections only a week away I would just like to add in my tuppenceworth if I may.

I would like to publicly thank Councillor Donald Kelly for all he has done for the area during his last four years in office. I have been helped on several occassions by Cllr Kelly and it is obvious his desire and commitment for the area has been key to getting so many issues resolved and getting jobs done. I would like to wish Donald all the best for the forthcoming elections and I'm sure after all your hard work will be re-elected.

I hope we have three Councillors who have as much drive as Donald and realise that the campaigning is the easy bit, it's once your elected you really have to prove yourself.

Lets hope for a brighter future for Campbeltown after these elections!!!


May the best men win!

[Dropscone]

It's got to be John Semple.

With all due respect to the others, Scotland is in transition and some fresh air will give everywhere a new lease of life.

Campbeltown is no where near as vibrant as it should be and that can only reflect badly on the failed policies and politicians we have had.

Give John a chance.

[sconeface]

It's got to be John Semple.

I thought we might be related, but maybe not!!

[deirdreh]

Two tories is a mad idea. A lot of Argyll & Bute's problems are down to the funding they get from the Scottish Executive. We need people who have contacts with that Executive. Looks like it's going to be an SNP government so it's daft not to vote for the SNP candidate. He'll be the man with his hooks in the decision makers when it comes to funding, roads, ferries and so on.

Apart from that, I'm voting for John Semple because I think he's the one who best understands how the Council and the Parliament actually work. Sweet idea to vote for the biggest, shiniest or most local but we've been doing that for years and it doesn't work. You could teach a parrot to say it prioritised Campbeltown but that wouldn't make it fit to challenge planning decisions. Now that I think about it, that just about sums up half of the existing councillors in Argyll.

BTW you don't have to fill in all the boxes. You can stop at 1,2,3 or whatever. Some people are just impossible to quantify :wink:

And poor George most certainly deserves to be on the poll. The sheer loyalty he shows in sticking his name in the frame yet again, at his time of life, deserves at least our respect.

I would be very wary of predicting an SNP government (Sorry, an Alex Samond for First Minister Party) landslide at this point. I know that when my father was elecetd MP twice for the SNP in 1974, the SNP thought they'd made it and that a domino effect independence was a cert. By 1979 that was out the window.

Having worked for the Council and submitted a public petition (on bringing back funded higher education grants and funding for universities so as not to penalise students with children, and poorer, non traditional students) to the Scottish Parliament I think you might give me some credit for understanding how the Council and the Scottish Parliament works.

You might also give me some credit for being trained as a Community Education Worker which is all about ensuring that communities have a say, including those that can't shout the loudest, and developing communities.

Possibly you never read the Courier letters page or national newspapers where I have advocated for Kintyre's needs and highlighted the inequality that rural areas suffer over the years. You may remember me out on the streets getting people to sign a petition for the NHS not to make £152,000 cuts to the South Kintyre area health services months before any politician even talked about the cuts. Where were the elected members then? It took six months for the elected members to act of any party, and only after the hospital ward was closed!

Maybe you do not remember my battle with the Council to hold a peace picnic on Quarry Green after the Iraq war had started when the Council were trying to stop it. Not to mention moving forward the agenda for Fairtrade in Argyll in conjuction with groups in other parts of Argyll.

Whilst Solidarity has never been elected to advocate for the population's needs the SNP and other parties have. Where is the constructive change in the life chances of people in Kintyre? Just as a dog is not just for Christmas, so passionate socialists are not just for elections. We fight the fights that need to be waged not just at election time but all the time. Regardless of whether I am elected or not I will always be an activist.

As Maya Angelou says "Activism is my rent for life on this planet" . Don't know how much longer the earth has though what with big business interests backing the four main parties.