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Sir,

In his letter to Hebrides News, Cllr Angus Campbell launched an attack on Cllr Gordon Murray's reasonable request for the council to consider creating a publicly controlled electricity supply company, with the ability to set its own electricity prices.

The leader of the council's political administration insists this is not possible; he fails however to explain why? In his letter, laced sadly, with puerile attempted put-downs, appearing suspiciously to be a cover for this failure, he defends his position solely by bemoaning that he is not understood.

The situation is straight forward; both councillors want to create an energy supply company. Cllr Murray and the council's opposition group consider it should be wholly in the community's ownership. Cllr Campbell and his covert Labour administration decided it must be a private company who controls the price. The position of itself is not unreasonable as the council often has a public and private shareholder face, in regard to asset ownership.

He must however, explain publicly and clearly why he favours a "private firm control of community energy prices" and such is the importance of this matter, his explanation should be free of the personal insults which devalue the debate and demean his public office.
 

Cllr Donald Manford

Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh,

Eiriosgaigh agus Uibhist a Deas  

 

 

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28 October 2015