blackiebest wrote: » Wow, I buy the Champion on Wednesday and the three prominent front page stories are driving me loopy. Firstly we have a pic of Senator Marc McSharry outraged that the WRC is being 'stolen' by Dublin. The senator outlines that he has spoken to all the teams etc, I wonder how often he spoke with the fans, the ones who were fleeced two years in a row by the greedy greedy ba@£ards running any and every scam they could. Well Senator, we are losing the WRC because it was sh1te, a sh1te rip off and we do not deserve to host an event of this caliber as we proved two years in a row. The Senator should have a look towards Galway and the approach to the Volvo ocean race for pointers on how to maintain and keep an international event the scale of WRC. Good luck to Dublin hosting the event, have a good look at Sligo for pointers of what not to do. Then the O'Connell St re-opening. The people of Sligo should resist , using force if necessarry, this insane action. We should but we wont as we are as useless as the gobsh1tes we elected to City Hall. I mean have a look at the money being thrown about on this one, that's our money and we allow it to go through the the washing machine of City Hall which seems to disappear millions and only ever deliver half arsed results. Then read about the 'uproar' over the 'shell'. I mean what are we like? How have we got ourself to this position, why are we not doing anything about it. Sorry rant over...
darealtulip wrote: » And the question will be (dare I ask???) What did you do against any of it?:D so, I did it now I go and hide!;)
blackiebest wrote: » Well, you have a point, however I live outside the town about 10 miles. I am very involved in local activities and feel that whatever I involve myself with then I constantly try to achieve the best we can. I recently attended a super conference on how to manage a 'festival in challenging times' and the lady who ran Galway Ocean race was there. To hear the progressive thinking applied for that event in order to ensure success was refreshing and inspiring. It was notable that although held in Sligo and free to anyone who applied, the confrence was very well attended by people from, Cavan, Fermanagh, Donegal, Mayo and the only Sligo Festival represented was the Cairde Festival, IMO the best value for money event in Sligo. The Sligo representation accounted for less than 10% of the people there. I feel that if tactics outlined at that conference had been applied to the WRC then we would be looking forward to 100,000 people returning to Sligo for the best weekend of the winter. I am no political animal but the likes of Lissadell, Carraroe Retail, O Connell st re-open, WRC etc really grate on me. I am happy to stand up and be counted, especailly regarding the O'Connell St re-open. I was unable to attend the street protest but understand it was a great day and demonstrated how the people of Sligo really feel. I believe however that city hall see us as muppet tree hugging types and feel they themselves are beyond account to us the people. So I think we need to become more vocal/visible demonstrating our contempt for the millions and millions that are wasted each year in Sligo and many other badly run counties in this country. I will attempt to find time to devote to this and assist any group working towards similiar ends, does any one know if there is a specific action group? If there is will a contingent from boards join and work to stop the lunacy?
dardevle wrote: » . many of those that voted for the closing of the street would probably say in hindsight that it was a mistake to do so without the nesseccary funding and proper planning in place...for too long in Sligo we have been making one bad decision to try and cover previous bad decisions -hughes bridge is the prime example of this, build the bridge in the wrong place, then build the "bypass" through the town to marry up with the bridge in the wrong place,then plan a western distributor road where the bypass should have been...its a familar pattern around Sligo. why not just stop and draw a line underneath this and try to do better in the future.
Essexboy wrote: » A previous County Manager - I cannot trace the report - said that one day Sligo would rival Galway. Would anyone say that now?
Culchie wrote: » You don't know who to compain against, or who to hold accountable. There's so many quangos, committees and umbrella groups set up you never get to get your opinion heard...it just reaches a glass ceiling.
nearly wrote: » http://short.ie/pedsligo You REALLY think that opening this street is going to ease traffic for those from the East Ward? .
nearly wrote: » If anyone else reading this lives in the East Ward and thinks the street should remain pedestrianised, tell the politicians.http://short.ie/pedsligo Call them ASAP. You REALLY think that opening this street is going to ease traffic for those from the East Ward? LOL, completely laughable. Think. A one way road. Think of where traffic will come from. Think of the one way system already in place and where someone has to come from to get to the opening of the road... and think of where it funnels them to... That is just. plain. silly. When you start prodding the politicians it looks like no more than a coup and power struggle. I wish someone in media cared enough to dig deeper on this. Stinks. Yeah, the street isn't ideal, but traders and people are making the best of it. We're heading into tighter times. We need to invest in our communities and civic spaces. Keep it pedestrianised, the community might surprise you.
redarmyblues wrote: » I am trying to make sense of this hysterical post, but am I to understand that when elected representatives act in the interests of the people against a county manager who acts in the interest of an elite that this is a usurpation of the proper order being a coup detat. Oh lord that makes me haw haw, so funny.
nearly wrote: » The notion that the representatives are acting on the behalf of the people against some "elite" is really misleading. The original decision to make the street pedestrianised was part of the Sligo Environs plan which underwent public consultation(!) The Section 140 (which allowed the elected officials to override the decision of the Co. Manager & the public consultation) sounds more like usurpation and a coup if anything. Looks highly suspect. At no point in this process (since the first council vote in May) has a thourough public consultation process been undertaken. The shop keepers themselves were never asked. Declan Bree said people voted for the road to be re-opened when they voted for him. Did they know?? See the pages 4 and 56 of Ireland's "Development Guidelines for Planning Authorities; Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government," published in June 2007 Referenced Paragraphs: page 4 "Codes of Conduct must be observed in making the development plan: In making and adopting the development plan, the elected council, acting in the interests of the common good and the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, must, in accordance with the “Code of Conduct for Councillors” prepared under the Local Government Act 2001, carry out their duties in this regard in a transparent manner, must follow due process and must make their decisions based on relevant considerations, while ignoring that which is irrelevant within the requirements of the statutory planning framework. Equally, local authority employees involved in the preparation of the development plan should perform their duties objectively and should have no vested interest in the contents of the plan – see the “Code of Conduct for Employees” prepared under the Local Government Act 2001." pg 56 Section 5.2 "Councils should also actively involve citizens in the whole process of making the plan, especially those who may not normally contribute or engage in the process. Councils should consider innovative methods to encourage as wide a public consultation as possible. It is vital that, from an early stage, as much public and political consensus is built around the strategic direction the new plan is to take. Without a strong central strategy, it will be difficult to devise a coherent set of detailed policies and objectives. The preliminary “Issues and Options Paper” is an ideal mechanism for focusing attention on strategic issues at a formative stage in the review process."
hi_sir wrote: » Please explain the rip off i was at the event ok accomadation was expensive but as has been debated on rallying forums this is a problem nation wide when a big event takes place, the fan got to see one of the bigest motorsport type events about for FREE if you go to rally gb rally germany and other wrc events you will have pay for stage passes. * So mate dont go blowing the fans got riped off card as a person that has competed in rallying in the past and spent my hard earned money on a car to go out and compete and yes give the fan a free days sport those sort of comments make my blood boil, * I dont Know anything about mark mcsharry but fair play to him for fighting for his local area can you imagine that if this was monte carlo treir in germany or jyvaskala finland do you think people would not be highlighting this in the local press after all id say this was the biggest ever event to take place in sligo. all i can say is fair play to the people of sligo that made this a top class event and i have been to many WRC events in my time. * You should be positive and be greatful to all the people that put there free time into this event and made it such a sucess instead of whinging about a front page of a paper
hi_sir wrote: » well im so sorry if my spelling isnt up to scratch but this a forum not school where do you get off telling me off on my grasp of the english language
