McCormack “and cronies messed up the schools” 25/1/12
Sirs,
In his recent letter to a newspaper Cllr Angus McCormack bemoans the current
economic crisis then lists some organisations which have been successful in bringing
money to the island economy.
This he does, presumably, in the hope of gaining some credit for their efforts, even if only by being the one to list them. He then concludes that there is still hope, even in the most difficult of times.
While it would be difficult to disagree with his conclusion, residents of the Western Isles might have been more interested to read his views on those issues in which he and his cronies had a more active involvement.
Those might include the mishandled primary and rural secondary school closure programme or the awarding of so many construction and maintenance projects (including that for the new high school) to a single foreign builder, with such devastating consequences for the island economy.
We might also have expected at least some mention the hundreds of thousands of pounds of our money which has been wasted through incompetence when awarding contracts for road gritting etc.
Let us hope then, if we hear from Mr McCormack again, that he sticks to those issues which have dismayed so many of us during his period of office.
However, as he states himself, there is indeed hope in these difficult times. It comes in the form of the council elections in May, when we will have the opportunity to weed out the worst of the current crop of councillors and replace them with others who will be committed to the needs of our islands and people, and not to their own narrow interests or those of their party. Vote for real change on May 3. Make a difference. Vote SNP.
Bob Duncan
52 Anderson Road
Stornoway
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