Hildegarde Naughton

Madame Razz

In the interests of fairness, it seems only right that all candidates get a thread:)

whoopdedoo

I'd give her one

the keen edge

whoopdedoo wrote: »

I'd give her one

You'd only be able to give her a thread? Embarrassing for you.

Come 'ere Hildegarde, I'd manage a whole spool for ya.:pac:

whoopdedoo

the keen edge wrote: »

You'd only be able to give her a thread? Embarrassing for you.

Come 'ere Hildegarde, I'd manage a whole spool for ya.:pac:

what the fcuk?

biko

I've worked with her and she was sound, generally speaking. I don't know her politics though.

Zzippy

biko wrote: »

I've worked with her and she was sound, generally speaking. I don't know her politics though.[/QUOTE]

Its on her posters and all her literature. She's Fine Gael...

The Indo yesterday had a list of candidates in constituencies which were critical to FG getting an overall majority, and she was listed in Galway West - there were about 13 marginal candidates listed around the country, if they all got in then FG would probably have enough seats to form a govt.

Greaney

Just a little footnote on her, she had the lowest expenses claims in the council . In a time when some politicians have proved very greedy with their expenses it saying something!!

DRakE

is she the one who looks like Fernando Torres?

snubbleste

DRakE wrote: »

is she the one who looks like Fernando Torres?

No she's the one that looks like YumYum
(no policies in this thread *L*)

When you google Hildegarde Naughton the first reply is an ad:
Vote No1 for Sean Kyne.

I guess her politics are those of Fine Gael - I want to know if she will give up her teaching position if elected.

snubbleste

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess her politics are those of Fine Gael - I want to know if she will give up her teaching position if elected.

She'd have to. FG want 30,000 public sector jobs gone.

gordongekko

Deleted User wrote: »

When you google Hildegarde Naughton the first reply is an ad:
Vote No1 for Sean Kyne.

I guess her politics are those of Fine Gael - I want to know if she will give up her teaching position if elected.

+1

TristanPeter

What worries me most about Hildegarde is that she does panto

snubbleste

TristanPeter wrote: »

What worries me most about Hildegarde is that she does panto

Dáil would be perfect then *L*

Madame Razz

TristanPeter wrote: »

What worries me most about Hildegarde is that she does panto

Musicals are not panto. And I'd say that her considerable experience with Galway musicals is doing her no harm at all in the polls:)

TristanPeter

snubbleste wrote: »

Dáil would be perfect then *L*

Good point. She would be well used to fantastical story lines. Just messing. I don't know anything about her really except that she's with Fine Gael, whom I won't be voting for.

Zzippy

TristanPeter wrote: »

What worries me most about Hildegarde is that she does panto

Shhh! She's behind you!

muppetkiller

Naughton was elected to Galway City Council for the first time in June 2009 ...Has she kept her Teaching job in that time ?

TristanPeter

Zzippy wrote: »

Shhh! She's behind you!

I wish

snubbleste

muppetkiller wrote: »

Naughton was elected to Galway City Council for the first time in June 2009 ...Has she kept her Teaching job in that time ?

yeah.

dolphin city

i was so turned off by her "portraits" coming through the door that I didn't even read the other side. Vanity at its worst.

Madame Razz

dolphin city wrote: »

i was so turned off by her "portraits" coming through the door that I didn't even read the other side. Vanity at its worst.

You really have nothing good to say about anybody or anything, do you?

dolphin city

Madame Razz wrote: »

You really have nothing good to say about anybody or anything, do you?

when it comes to FF / FG no I don't ( and neither does a lot of other people).

Seriously tho - who would waste one whole side of a flyer on a "portrait" picture - she should save that for her family album. The general public I'm sure have no interest in it.

barryd09

Fernando Torres LMAO.

galwayfellaBETA

Greaney wrote: »

Just a little footnote on her, she had the lowest expenses claims in the council . In a time when some politicians have proved very greedy with their expenses it saying something!!

Didn't she also vote against some bit of land rezoning, where the planning office advised that permission should not be granted.... she voted against her parties wishes.

Based on this she is one of the top runners for my first preference.

I'd want to know two things before giving my first preference vote:

1. If elected, will she stand down / resign from her teaching post so that some young teacher gets a shot at a career??
   
2. If elected for enough time to receive a (outrageous) TD pension, will she promise to ONLY accept one state pension in the future? (that is will she NOT accept a teachers PLUS a TDs pension) .

PomBear

Madame Razz wrote: »

In the interests of fairness, it seems only right that all candidates get a thread:)

Quite a few haven't got a thread!

Madame Razz

PomBear wrote: »

Quite a few haven't got a thread!

Exactly!! So start them!!:)

Fuinseog

galwayfellaBETA wrote: »

Didn't she also vote against some bit of land rezoning, where the planning office advised that permission should not be granted.... she voted against her parties wishes.

Based on this she is one of the top runners for my first preference.

I'd want to know two things before giving my first preference vote:

1. If elected, will she stand down / resign from her teaching post so that some young teacher gets a shot at a career??
   
2. If elected for enough time to receive a (outrageous) TD pension, will she promise to ONLY accept one state pension in the future? (that is will she NOT accept a teachers PLUS a TDs pension) .

she is a very young teacher so I do not think this makes much of a difference.
these are the questions that could be asked if she ha been a TD for maybe ten years.

Da_Viper

I met her out at NUIG,

Seems very articulate and honest, since I told her from the off my views were in no way Fine Gael and had a nice little debate over party policy.

She agreed with me on many points that would not strictly be in line with fine gael policy and that my solutions were possibly better if certain social change can happen etc.

Very engaging and I walked away with a good impression anyway

galwayrush

muppetkiller wrote: »

Naughton was elected to Galway City Council for the first time in June 2009 ...Has she kept her Teaching job in that time ?

I'd expect so, her low expense claims would hardly justify giving it up, and councillors don't get a salary as far as i know.

Da_Viper

Lol at the Torres comment,

She's all for the eye contact though when talking to her, would still get it though even though he's about 10 years my senior

skelliser

galwayrush wrote: »

I'd expect so, her low expense claims would hardly justify giving it up, and councillors don't get a salary as far as i know.

councillors get a salary of ~30k a year iirc

cheesemaker

Her canvasser/brother is clueless. Spoof that Lenihan would be proud of.

He was rubbish
She is FG

goodluck

MazG

On the topic of keeping her teaching post; as far as I am aware, she is still actually teaching isn't she?

It is a fair question though, as to whether she intends to keep her teaching post if she wins a seat in the Dáil. But that's on the assumption that her current teaching post is permanent, which it may not be. I would be interested to know the answer

galwayfellaBETA

MazG wrote: »

On the topic of keeping her teaching post; as far as I am aware, she is still actually teaching isn't she?

It is a fair question though, as to whether she intends to keep her teaching post if she wins a seat in the Dáil. But that's on the assumption that her current teaching post is permanent, which it may not be. I would be interested to know the answer

I also think both my questions are fair. There are plenty of young teachers whos lives are 'on hold' while they wait for a permanent position. If I'm to give a first preference to Hildegarde, and she gets a 4 year job, I'd like to know that she is willing to give up a permanent teaching position (if she has one). It is what would happen in the private sector!

Also the days of multiple pensions are well gone.... the thought of all these FF TDs retiring on multiple pensions, while I kill myself working for a basic wage, sickens me to the absolute core :mad:. I'd like to know that whoever I vote for feels the same!

My View

See below Hildegarde Naughton's great views on how to address white collar crime and so on. This is absolute woeful rubbish that could never be implemneted retrospectively that only attempts to appease the Mobs to win votes.

Frankly I am appalled that an elected representative at any level could actually stand by such crap. I challenged Hilldegarde on the below points when she called to my door and she was speechless....I think you should stick to the Panto's and singing Hilldegarde.

Please read her ideas below and let me know what you think. Her manifesto is on her very own personal website (Better than Mr, Cubbards but still requires some common sense on how she even came up with such stupid proposals).

Message from Hildegarde – Sept 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010.
This failed Government is borrowing ever increasing amounts of money at your expense to bail out bankers, land speculators and failed property developers among others. In fact, they are going to bail out everyone.
Everyone that is…EXCEPT YOU.
Do you think that’s fair? No…neither do I.
I was thinking that in order to make these profi teers share your burden we should:

1. Compel any property developer/land speculator to immediately repay any personal guarantee given on non performing loans.
2. Immediately levy a ‘windfall’ tax of 90% on all historic profi ts of property development and land speculation.
3. Make the current and historic benefi ciaries of asset transfers personally liable for the associated debt.
4. Compel any bank offi cial who approved a failed developer loan over the last 10 years to repay in full and immediately any bonuses received.
5. Subject any property developer/land speculator with non performing loans to an immediate revenue audit.

All this may require a constitutional referendum, but I think that’s a small price to pay.
DO YOU?
All must play their part…not just YOU.
Feel free to contact me with your views on local or national issues.
H Naughton

Gosh, yes crazy stuff from Ms. Naughton. Certainly worthy of lots of bold print. I wonder what rendered her speechless?

galwayfellaBETA

My View wrote: »

See below Hildegarde Naughton's great views on how to address white collar crime and so on. This is absolute woeful rubbish that could never be implemneted retrospectively that only attempts to appease the Mobs to win votes.

Frankly I am appalled that an elected representative at any level could actually stand by such crap. I challenged Hilldegarde on the below points when she called to my door and she was speechless....I think you should stick to the Panto's and singing Hilldegarde. .........

Ahem:

User: 'My View' - Join date February 2011, 6 post in total.

IMHO there is a lot to commend in her comment here. How much is doable is questionable BUT the sentiment is bang on!

galwayfellaBETA

Deleted User wrote: »

Gosh, yes crazy stuff from Ms. Naughton. Certainly worthy of lots of bold print. I wonder what rendered her speechless?

User: blaris - Join Date: Feb 2011 - Posts: 8

Mods, can we get a bit of IP checking on all these new boards users?

Das Kitty

Check out the announcement at the top of the forum page

dloob

Well I suppose to be fair she does say it would require a constitutional amendment.

Birroc

Everytime I see her posters now I am thinking why is Torres running for FG in the election. Amazing resemblance that I never noticed before.

PopeBuckfastXVI

galwayfellaBETA wrote: »

User: blaris - Join Date: Feb 2011 - Posts: 8

Mods, can we get a bit of IP checking on all these new boards users?

Blaris is not any other poster, and is not affiliated with any candidate, and is quite sarcastic...

/moderation

grainnereills

dloob wrote: »

Well I suppose to be fair she does say it would require a constitutional amendment.

which if passed would be referred by the president to the supreme court, where it would be struck down as repugnant to the constitution.

a more discriminatory piece of legislation i couldnt think of, make martyrs of them...

snubbleste

grainnereills wrote: »

which if passed would be referred by the president to the supreme court, where it would be struck down as repugnant to the constitution.
a more discriminatory piece of legislation i couldnt think of, make martyrs of them...

A constitutional amendment is a referendum.

grainnereills

snubbleste wrote: »

A constitutional amendment is a referendum.

yeah sorry...realised my mistake after i posted it...however the legislation enacting a referendum would have to be unconstitutional, no? or is it just the case that the enacting legislation is not unconstitutional?


it would be totally discriminatory and denying fair procedure to a minority, no matter how popular...?

Sponge Bob

Obviously you never heard about "The Emergency":cool:

galwayfellaBETA

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Blaris is not any other poster, and is not affiliated with any candidate, and is quite sarcastic...

/moderation

Apologies all round, my sarcasm filter was on the blink.... I see it now:o

Zzippy

MazG wrote: »

On the topic of keeping her teaching post; as far as I am aware, she is still actually teaching isn't she?

It is a fair question though, as to whether she intends to keep her teaching post if she wins a seat in the Dáil. But that's on the assumption that her current teaching post is permanent, which it may not be. I would be interested to know the answer

galwayfellaBETA wrote: »

I also think both my questions are fair. There are plenty of young teachers whos lives are 'on hold' while they wait for a permanent position. If I'm to give a first preference to Hildegarde, and she gets a 4 year job, I'd like to know that she is willing to give up a permanent teaching position (if she has one). It is what would happen in the private sector!

Also the days of multiple pensions are well gone.... the thought of all these FF TDs retiring on multiple pensions, while I kill myself working for a basic wage, sickens me to the absolute core :mad:. I'd like to know that whoever I vote for feels the same!

I was driving early Sat and heard a replay of Keith Finnegan interviewing candidates from last week - Ms Naughton, without prompting or being asked, declared she would give up her teaching position if elected. Sounds like she's prepared to put her money where her mouth is, refreshing considering the amount of current TDs sitting on teaching positions and pensions.

Lockstep

galwayrush wrote: »

I'd expect so, her low expense claims would hardly justify giving it up, and councillors don't get a salary as far as i know.

Yes they do.
€16-17k a year plus expenses, IIRC.

galwayfellaBETA

Zzippy wrote: »

I was driving early Sat and heard a replay of Keith Finnegan interviewing candidates from last week - Ms Naughton, without prompting or being asked, declared she would give up her teaching position if elected. Sounds like she's prepared to put her money where her mouth is, refreshing considering the amount of current TDs sitting on teaching positions and pensions.

Jasus, if this is the case, you'd imagine that her 'campaign team' would be monitoring a active Galway board such as this..... an official answer, either here on her site could be the difference.

That said, I'm may veer away from FG.... renegotiating the EU/IMP 'bailout' & having a look at the sale/theft of our national resources... are gaining importance for me.

Also FG plan selling off the kitchen sink may help short term but long term create more problems.

Fintan O Toole today: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0222/1224290515105.html
David McWilliamss:
http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2011/02/21/still-time-to-save-many-billions