Fund: anger at deficit

Perth.

I hope these officers who agreed £50,000 to Perth and Kinross Council and voted to do so will step down.

The Perth Common Good Fund in my understanding was set up to help charities and volunteer groups with funding for special projects to help communities. It does some good work.

They should really be looking at misallocation of funds, in my humble opinion.

A few years ago the Common Good Fund was used to buy new Christmas lights and every year for years they have helped support the Christmas lights on an annual basis.

Since when was Perth and Kinross Council a charity spending literally thousands of pounds on the switch-on of lights? The officers should be looking at this and the allocation of funds.

It was not set up to give Perth and Kinross Council £50,000 for a party, which if your business is not in that end of town where said switch-on takes place, shops are empty.

Yes, it brings people into Perth, but is this really what the fund was set up for?

It pays for the Christmas lights and the fund was used to help pay for the Christmas lights which the people of Perth benefit from. I get it.

To give £50,000 to help pay for acts like Fleur from the X Factor, how is that going to contribute to to charities and volunteer groups?

They should hang their heads in shame.

I know the funds helps a lot of people and groups would not survive without the fund’s support.

When people vote at the next election please look at who you are voting for. We have an SNPled administration and they have a multi-million deficit.

They spent over £10m in getting 2 High Street done up. Douglas Gratty Perth

Editor’s note: The reported £10m spend on the 2 High Street upgrade is part of office reorganisation in Perth.