The local elections candidate appreciation thread - MOD WARNING Post #1

Charlie-Bravo

Mod Warning: Knock off the politician-bashing. It is uncivil & will not be accepted.

tHB

Ok, so here goes - local elections coming up and I really do hate all the tripe that is put in the local media - especially the photo opportunities!!

Last week in the Wicklow Times John Brady was holding a box of syringes. So now in Greystones, the local election candidates are turning up the heat and looking to get their column-inch.

Here's Derek Mitchell standing in a puddle with his eyes closed.



Rest of the story here: Greystones Guide

Please add any news articles which you feel fall under this topic and is worthy of our amusement.

Jimjay

It's that bad that the people that live down there "have been forced to buy 4x4's". the flooding has been there for years (longer than some of the houses have been there) so its great that just before the election it has been noticed. :-)

artvandelay48

astrofluff wrote: »

Ok, so here goes - local elections coming up and I really do hate all the tripe that is put in the local media - especially the photo opportunities!!

Last week in the Wicklow Times John Brady was holding a box of syringes. So now in Greystones, the local election candidates are turning up the heat and looking to get their column-inch.

Here's Derek Mitchell standing in a puddle with his eyes closed.



Rest of the story here: Greystones Guide

Please add any news articles which you feel fall under this topic and is worthy of our amusement.

That pic reminds me of this site.

gibbon6

astrofluff wrote: »

Derek Mitchell standing in a puddle with his eyes closed.

Is this the swamp field that Wicklow County Council paid €6 million for???

Is Derek's green wellies stuck in the mud?

What is he contemplating?

pixbyjohn

"Is this the swamp field that Wicklow County Council paid €6 million for?"
What an exaggeration, but then it is a fun thread so anything goes it appears.

Annasopra

Anything goes within the charter ;-)

gibbon6

Derek Mitchell standing in a puddle with his eyes closed and hands by his side as if on sentry duty protecting the swamp field that Wicklow County Council paid a whopping €6million for.:eek:

Zoo4m8

pixbyjohn wrote: »

"Is this the swamp field that Wicklow County Council paid €6 million for?"
What an exaggeration, but then it is a fun thread so anything goes it appears.

And if you turn it upside down, sure doesn't it come out at €9 million....:)

Jimjay

Derek just signed a €10m deal with the Dutch to bring in 15 super pumps to create one of the biggest portable pumping operations ever seen, since Somerset, to clear the puddle once and for all. Derek said "During this crisis is not the time to talk about why the council canceled dredging of the road to divert the funds for the councillors New York st Patrick's day excursion" but promised that once the puddle has been cleared rock armour will be moved from greystones north beach to the site to sure up the road side while a new dredging operation is in place. This has worried local residents who now think funds allocated for the building of club houses at the state of the art harbour in Greystones will be no longer available. Derek said that while the money to clear the puddle has to come from somewhere he is still hopeful the club houses will be built as promised sometime within the next 3 months to 10 years.

Fiachra2

pixbyjohn wrote: »

"Is this the swamp field that Wicklow County Council paid €6 million for?"
What an exaggeration, but then it is a fun thread so anything goes it appears.

"Swamp" may be an exaggeration and they only paid €3M. But that aside the purchase was a very serious issue and raised huge questions about the propriety of WCC. So a bit of exaggeration is no harm

gibbon6

Fiachra2 wrote: »

"Swamp" may be an exaggeration and they only paid €3M. But that aside the purchase was a very serious issue and raised huge questions about the propriety of WCC. So a bit of exaggeration is no harm

And it's only worth €400,000 now! I believe Derek Mitchel voted to buy this swamp field as well. It was intended for social housing so I suppose he wanted the intended dwellers well away from his gaff in the Burnaby.

Wineman

Didn't he also suggest the residents of Charlesland should pay for the maintenance of the dual carraigeway going from Greystones to the N11? Full of bright ideas this chap :rolleyes:

Eponymous

astrofluff wrote: »

Ok, so here goes - local elections coming up and I really do hate all the tripe that is put in the local media - especially the photo opportunities!!

Last week in the Wicklow Times John Brady was holding a box of syringes. So now in Greystones, the local election candidates are turning up the heat and looking to get their column-inch.

Here's Derek Mitchell standing in a puddle with his eyes closed.



Rest of the story here: Greystones Guide

Please add any news articles which you feel fall under this topic and is worthy of our amusement.

One too many drips can cause a flood.

pixbyjohn

Great publicity for Derek, 5 photos in 14 posts. There is no such thing as bad publicity really.

LEIN

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Great publicity for Derek, 5 photos in 14 posts. There is no such thing as bad publicity really.

That might work for a brand, not in this situation methinks.

The comments make grim reading also.

Zoo4m8

Idly reading Derek's ' sure arent I a great lad altogether ' admittedly old press release in the Greystones Guide,he says the IDA site has grown nothing but grass as it has lain idle when any eejit can see year in and year out it has been ploughed every spring and corn grown in it, obviously rented to a local farmer,

If he is so unaware of his immediate surroundings and just down the road from his home it's easy to understand why he has his eyes closed in that terrific photo......he's trying to figure out where the hell he is...:)

gibbon6

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This is Derek's parting of the Red Sea moment where he attempts to use his imaginary devine powers to evapourate the puddle he is standing in. We all know what usually happens with Derek's mad cap schemes but god loves a trier. He now intends to use his imaginary powers to replenish the north beach with vast quantities shingle cunningly snatched for the codling bank to give his mates at sisk a dig out.

Banta

That's it Derek, now just click your heels together 3 times and repeat "There's no place like home. There's no place like home".

zoobizoo

Make sure to get one of those John Brady T-shirts.....

Annasopra

zoobizoo wrote: »

Make sure to get one of those John Brady T-shirts.....

What?

zoobizoo

mango salsa wrote: »

What?

Go to the Bray Comedy Club Facebook page.... they did up a t-shirt

The Bishop Basher

Have to say, regardless of any political views I hold, I really dislike the personal nature of this thread.

Charlie-Bravo

The purpose of me starting this is to highlight the nonsense that the candidates create and the electorate has to endure this on the run up to the election. It's a tongue in cheek appreciation thread for those politicians who are jumping on the bandwagon about certain things, saying they are listening to your problems and will be seeking action.

I read the Wicklow Times weekly when it comes through the door, and any other local media outlet such as Greystones Guide, and what I really dislike is when these guys use 'staged' photos for publicity and also the terminology letting people think they did something when in fact they haven't actually done anything. This is not specific to Derek Mitchell. Read any article when a community has worked heard to get something done, and when the community achieves something, the first thing these guys do is get a piece in the paper saying ' So-and-so politician welcomes the new by-pass, flood defenses, etc'. Very rarely do we get a councillor who can actually state they've worked long and hard, with the help of the community, to achieve this. I believe in credit where credit's due. /rant

gibbon6

Swanner wrote: »

Have to say, regardless of any political views I hold, I really dislike the personal nature of this thread.

To be fair it was the picture of Derek the dreamer standing motionless in a puddle that started this thread.

zoobizoo

http://johnbradystanding.tumblr.com/

Maudi

Eponymous wrote: »

One too many drips can cause a flood.

Id love to be computery and be able to draw a gnomes hat on his head and fishing rod in his hand ..

gibbon6

Hail Derek king of the puddles!!!!

legrand

Says David O'Reilly a new FG candidate running for May local elections.

So this is not a post to ridicule the man - I have seen him in action as it were - really nice chap from what I can determine.

However, if you have read his missive posted through your letter boxes recently you will notice a glaring ommision.

No mention, not one word, or scintilla even, about the harbour.

Sorry David - for me (at any rate) the harbour is the #1 issue. No vote from me.

Jimjay

legrand wrote: »

Says David O'Reilly a new FG candidate running for May local elections.

So this is not a post to ridicule the man - I have seen him in action as it were - really nice chap from what I can determine.

However, if you have read his missive posted through your letter boxes recently you will notice a glaring ommision.

No mention, not one word, or scintilla even, about the harbour.

Sorry David - for me (at any rate) the harbour is the #1 issue. No vote from me.

Try here
http://www.davidoreilly.ie/blog/2014/2/28/weekly-update-2802

Taltos

Jimjay wrote: »

Try here
http://www.davidoreilly.ie/blog/2014/2/28/weekly-update-2802

Which was just put up today? Coincidence??

gibbon6

Taltos wrote: »

Which was just put up today? Coincidence??

Is David O'Reilly supportive of the Community Plan? I hope he keeps away from standing in puddles like his strange running mate!!!

Taltos

gibbon6 wrote: »

Is David O'Reilly supportive of the Community Plan? I hope he keeps away from standing in puddles like his strange running mate!!!

I've no idea if he is or not. However he is FG and we saw how they all voted. Remember one party - no room for dissenters... On that alone I won't be voting for a party that let this community down. My fear is another vote is called and he abstains as someone else did...

gibbon6

Taltos wrote: »

I've no idea if he is or not. However he is FG and we saw how they all voted. Remember one party - no room for dissenters... On that alone I won't be voting for a party that let this community down. My fear is another vote is called and he abstains as someone else did...

Are you referring to Eleanor Roache? I recall that she abstained from that faithful vote on the material variation to the county development plan which effectively gifted our foreshore to Sisks?
Politicians who abstain from votes are treaterous and worse than useless. If they can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Taltos

Agreed - I want candidates who are here for us, not for their parties or opportunities in the EU or for photo ops in puddles or similar.

The older I get the more radical I find my view of our politics is becoming. In the 80s the nods and winks about the big H and his helicopter were humerous, but now - 30 years later I want to see real action and true accountability. Just hope we don't go the route of the US, there was a great piece on the Daily Show a while back about some local elections being "encouraged" by a firm, here I would hope we would prosecute anyone trying such malarky, though when a candidate's coup de grace is a puddle of water on a known flood area you have to hang your head in shame and ask is karma really that much of a b and what the hell did I do in my last life to deserve this.

gibbon6

Taltos wrote: »

Agreed - I want candidates who are here for us, not for their parties or opportunities in the EU or for photo ops in puddles or similar.

The older I get the more radical I find my view of our politics is becoming. In the 80s the nods and winks about the big H and his helicopter were humerous, but now - 30 years later I want to see real action and true accountability. Just hope we don't go the route of the US, there was a great piece on the Daily Show a while back about some local elections being "encouraged" by a firm, here I would hope we would prosecute anyone trying such malarky, though when a candidate's coup de grace is a puddle of water on a known flood area you have to hang your head in shame and ask is karma really that much of a b and what the hell did I do in my last life to deserve this.

We all know that the man in the puddle is one of the Fine Gael politicians who continually vote for the private interest over the PUBLIC interest. Grainne McLaughlin gave the impression that she was supportive of the Community Plan but then abstained just like the treaterous Eleanor Roche did . She too is one of the standing in a puddle brigade!

legrand

Jimjay wrote: »

Try here
http://www.davidoreilly.ie/blog/2014/2/28/weekly-update-2802

Thanks.
Hmm.. lots of "seems", "aparently's" "I hearing".

C'mon David - its plain as day and well you know it.

WCC have not delivered or acted on behalf of the community (and neither of GTC who have failed utterly) and Sisk being a private entity have no interest other than their bottom line and without sanction will continue to do nothing.

gibbon6

legrand wrote: »

Thanks.
Hmm.. lots of "seems", "aparently's" "I hearing".

C'mon David - its plain as day and well you know it.

WCC have not delivered or acted on behalf of the community (and neither of GTC who have failed utterly) and Sisk being a private entity have no interest other than their bottom line and without sanction will continue to do nothing.

David O'Reilly must ensure that he is not under the whip of Jones and Mitchell. He must condemn the failure of Sisks to comply with their contractual obligations on the Greystones Harbour and North Beach PPP and he must unconditionally support the Community Plan. To do otherwise would reveal that he is just another blueshirt.

Eponymous

legrand wrote: »

Says David O'Reilly a new FG candidate running for May local elections.

So this is not a post to ridicule the man - I have seen him in action as it were - really nice chap from what I can determine.

However, if you have read his missive posted through your letter boxes recently you will notice a glaring ommision.

No mention, not one word, or scintilla even, about the harbour.

Sorry David - for me (at any rate) the harbour is the #1 issue. No vote from me.

You mean the news letter he left hanging out of my letter box for any passers by to see that we were out for the day, despite the notice on the letter box.

If he or his cabal can't read or choose to ignore the wishes of a constituent, then he can f right off, regardless of his party allegiences.

JanneG

Eponymous wrote: »

You mean the news letter he left hanging out of my letter box for any passers by to see that we were out for the day, despite the notice on the letter box.

If he or his cabal can't read or choose to ignore the wishes of a constituent, then he can f right off, regardless of his party allegiences.

Overheard two of the ladies delivering those, after being given out to by a neighbour, "sure, they told us to put them in no matter what it said about junk mail".

Nice to know the constituents are respected...

Charlie-Bravo

I think D O'Reilly running as a candidate, and if elected, will be a loss to the Tidy Towns' committee. He gets things done in there, he just won't be able to get things done with Fine Gael unfortunately.

FWIW worth, and I echo other comments made, if any candidate is party-affiliated that has not worked in favour of the public in recent months will not be getting my vote. The independents would more than likely get it. I had a canvasser for Jennifer Whitmore call to my door, and the question to me wasn't who would I be voting for, but what are my concerns locally. O'Reilly might be listening to us, but I reckon he may not have a voice if he gets in. Whitmore on the other hand will have a voice for us. And if I look at it on paper, she has great support from Donnelly (who BTW in recent weeks is playing a blinder in the Dáil).

pixbyjohn

So is it going to be all independents who will get elected in the May local elections? Would that be a good thing I wonder. Be interested to hear the thoughts of those who will vote.

gibbon6

astrofluff wrote: »

I think D O'Reilly running as a candidate, and if elected, will be a loss to the Tidy Towns' committee. He gets things done in there, he just won't be able to get things done with Fine Gael unfortunately.

FWIW worth, and I echo other comments made, if any candidate is party-affiliated that has not worked in favour of the public in recent months will not be getting my vote. The independents would more than likely get it. I had a canvasser for Jennifer Whitmore call to my door, and the question to me wasn't who would I be voting for, but what are my concerns locally. O'Reilly might be listening to us, but I reckon he may not have a voice if he gets in. Whitmore on the other hand will have a voice for us. And if I look at it on paper, she has great support from Donnelly (who BTW in recent weeks is playing a blinder in the Dáil).

Fine Gael always use the whip to make their councillors tow the party line. Grainne McLaughlin one minute was strongly on favour of the Comminity Plan until George Jones and that mean who stands in puddles, Dereki Mitchell, cracked the whip and she made sure the Community Plan Wes's defeated.

gibbon6

astrofluff wrote: »

I think D O'Reilly running as a candidate, and if elected, will be a loss to the Tidy Towns' committee. He gets things done in there, he just won't be able to get things done with Fine Gael unfortunately.

FWIW worth, and I echo other comments made, if any candidate is party-affiliated that has not worked in favour of the public in recent months will not be getting my vote. The independents would more than likely get it. I had a canvasser for Jennifer Whitmore call to my door, and the question to me wasn't who would I be voting for, but what are my concerns locally. O'Reilly might be listening to us, but I reckon he may not have a voice if he gets in. Whitmore on the other hand will have a voice for us. And if I look at it on paper, she has great support from Donnelly (who BTW in recent weeks is playing a blinder in the Dáil).

Fine Gael always use the whip to make their councillors tow the party line. Grainne McLaughlin one minute was strongly on favour of the Comminity Plan until George Jones and that mean who stands in puddles, Dereki Mitchell, cracked the whip and she made sure the Community Plan Wes's defeated.

loobylou

JanneG wrote: »

Overheard two of the ladies delivering those, after being given out to by a neighbour, "sure, they told us to put them in no matter what it said about junk mail".

Nice to know the constituents are respected...

How counterproductive is that as a policy?:eek:
Way to flat out lose a vote surely.

RosieJoe

Ron DMC has just stickied this thread in the Dublin County South forum, here

Would this thread be better replaced with one like Ron DMC's?

LEIN

RosieJoe wrote: »

Ron DMC has just stickied this thread in the Dublin County South forum, here

Would this thread be better replaced with one like Ron DMC's?

Yes, it will be up later this evening.

Charlie-Bravo

RosieJoe wrote: »

Ron DMC has just stickied this thread in the Dublin County South forum, here

Would this thread be better replaced with one like Ron DMC's?

I prefer my thread title thanks! But rather than clutter up the forum, I'm happy for a title change to encourage important things be discussed as well as the pathetic photo ops!

Annasopra

LEIN wrote: »

Yes, it will be up later this evening.

You should probably do one for Wicklow as well maybe.

LEIN

Will do.

The Hill Billy

Politician-bashing is not permitted. Knock it off.

tHB