Election candidate heeds ESB poster warning

rubadub

They must have hunted up and down the country for someone running for election who actually does respect human life & public safety.

Quite disturbing that this would be newsworthy, and that they describe him as "admirable"

http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=3572&l=100

Election candidate heeds poster warning

ADMIRABLE: Michael Collins will not be putting any posters on poles during his campaign

A NORTHSIDE local election candidate has broken with tradition by refusing to place any of his posters on electricity poles.

The decision by Michael Collins, an Independent candidate in the Swords ward, follows ESB Networks’ warning against using electricity poles as poster sites for the elections on May 23.

Mr Collins and his election team have taken the decision to accede to ESB Networks’ request not to put posters on their equipment as it poses a major danger to the individual and to the network itself.

http://www.esb.ie/main/press/pressreleaseWS.jsp?id=1114

ESB Networks Safety Notice - Election Posters

ESB Networks is warning against the placing of election posters on electricity poles/structures during the forthcoming Presidential election campaign.

Any unauthorised contact or near contact with the electricity networks can result in serious injury or even death. Anyone attempting to place a poster on an electricity pole/structure is at risk of contact with live electricity which can be fatal. Similar risks apply when posters are being removed.

ESB Networks has previously experienced incidents where election posters have caught fire following contact with the electricity network resulting in loss of supply to customers and damaged infrastructure.

Pelvis Parsley

Well, Brian Crowley and Kieran Hartley's representatives (as with Aaron O' Sullivan, a council candidate) appear to have disregarded this rule with gusto. At least in East Cork. To be fair, ignoring the perils of utility poles seems to be one thing most parties agree on, but in the town of Youghal, it's particularly prevalent among FF, for some reason. KH, and BC's representatives have been witnessed, with fine gusto, happily double parking and postering with impunity during peak times, throughout the main street(s) of Youghal-not that either candidate could find it with two hands and a map.

What's even better, is that there has been a long standing gentleman's agreement (apologies to the lady candidates), with the local Tidy Towns committee, that the area not be postered at all. One that the local candidate is aware of, but has chosen to disregard also. Whatever Youghal has, or hasn't going for it, it always in the past managed to escape this rampant rubbish. Thanks to (mostly) Fianna Fail, not so on this occasion.

Cheers lads!