‘Yesterday’s man’ in ‘new’ council administration
Are Argyll and Bute taxpayers under the misconceptions Lib Dem councillors are selfless above personal needs and wants?
In recent weeks, our regional papers have led with articles and published various letters relating to the forming of a “new” Argyll and Bute Council administration in Kilmory.
An administration led by 12 SNP councillors in partnership with, amongst others, five Lib Dem councillors. These are the same Lib Dem councillors who, in the previous TALIG [The Argyll, Lomond and Islands Group] administration along with nine Tories, voted for a 10 per cent council tax increase.
Already in the depths of a cost of heating, eating, fuel and rent crisis, they would have willingly imposed further hardship and impoverishment on the working households of the region.
Kintyre and the Islands councillor Robin Currie, Lib Dem group leader, is on record stating “the prospects of being in opposition didn’t fill me with much joy...”
For 12 consecutive years, Councillor Currie, former leader of the TALIG administration, has been in local government, holding the high offices of leader, policy lead for economy and development and policy and resources, plus chairman of the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands area committee.
The electorate should be under no illusion, this past decade, the Lib Dems and their former Tory partners were central to Kilmory’s decision-making…the challenges in housing, health and care, schools, roads, street lighting, bins, public spaces now being faced here in Argyll and Bute.
Last month, South Kintyre’s electorate lent a vote for change and reform in the workings of Argyll and Bute Council.
Councillor Robin Currie has been appointed, in the newly-formed SNP-led administration, high office positions of deputy leader and policy lead for economy development, islands and rural communities and housing.
Some of the players have changed, yet the stakes remain high for taxpayers. With “yesterday’s
man” in the “new” administration, it is very likely the playing field and rules will remain the same.
Councillor Tommy Macpherson, South Kintyre ward.
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