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Greystones - Who do you want and why? [ELECTION 2011] All posts here.

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  • 29-01-2011 2:36pm
    #1
    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭


    See mod warning. Post 25 before posting on this thread



    So election time is upon us again and we have so many things to cordially discuss with our Greystones Candidates -

    So as impossible as this is without the thread being locked in one day, let's discuss the candidates in view of why or why not..

    So far I have had flyers from Simon Harris and Tom Fortune through the door..

    Tom mentioned needing a fresh start in politics... but no specifics.. he is hardly a fresh face.. I agree a fresh start with 1/3 of the TDs coming expected to be new thats a good start, but Tom isn't contributing to that.

    Simon cunningly provides a sheet showing what benefits you can claim while not providing any documented thoughts on what he would do in office... From day 1 I felt the Dail was where he wanted to be..but has he done anything to deserve that dubious honour?

    ... next


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    #2
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    This could be a good thread.... Blandpebbles will you tell us who you want seeing as you started the thread?
    I am really not sure who to vote for at this stage.


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    jungledrums
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭jungledrums


    The new guy who was on Vincent brown seems to know his stuff


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    #4
    cuddlycavies
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭cuddlycavies


    Ive even got my ''I'm voting for Simon''badge

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKNL4ozIWs


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    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    I actually have no idea really.. I am hugely impressed with Pierse Doherty from Sinn Fein and if we had a straight talking candidate like that from any party I would tempted.


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    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    OMG! Awesome video, I think more people have viewed it than actually voted for him.

    Great to see Greystones has such talent... the film makers, not Harris


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    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    I actually have no idea really.. I am hugely impressed with Pierse Doherty from Sinn Fein and if we had a straight talking candidate like that from any other party I would tempted.
    There, fixed your post. :)


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    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    cuddlycavies wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKNL4ozIWs
    Brilliant video. Who's that bearded guy trying to wrestle Simon out of the bushes? Isn't he The Last Eco Warrior, the one who lived for years in a tent in the Glen O the Downs, after all the others left? He used to sit on the bench at the bad bend in Delgany village until some upstanding concerned residents had it removed.


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    Blanchflower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Blanchflower


    cuddlycavies wrote: »
    Ive even got my ''I'm voting for Simon''badge

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdKNL4ozIWs

    Forget about this very silly video. This is the REAL SIMON as told by an old flame?

    Am I voting for SIMON? Indeed Yes I most certainly am!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcnl6LMxEg


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    cuddlycavies
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭cuddlycavies


    recedite wrote: »
    Brilliant video. Who's that bearded guy trying to wrestle Simon out of the bushes? Isn't he The Last Eco Warrior, the one who lived for years in a tent in the Glen O the Downs, after all the others left? He used to sit on the bench at the bad bend in Delgany village until some upstanding concerned residents had it removed.

    Yep, he still lives up there. Still walks into Greystones most days and has coffee.Totally friendly. Mad but friendly.


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    eleMental
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭eleMental


    jungledrums wrote: »
    The new guy who was on Vincent brown seems to know his stuff

    Stephen Donnelly is the guy you are talking about. He's running as an Independant in Wicklow and is based in Greystones. I saw on his FB page that he's hosting an Open Community Meeting in the Greystones Theatre on Monday night (20:30) to give people an opportunity to voice their concerns and questions to him so am definately going to head along to hear more. Theres more info here:
    http://www.facebook.com/DonnellyforWicklow

    As someone who's been hit hard by the recession I am just so sick and tired of the same old faces with the same old promises - seeing them walk away with their 6 figure pensions last week was the final straw and I for one am willing to give someone new a go. It certainly cant be any worse than what we have at the moment...... :(


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    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    So he works as a consultant, speaking as a fellow consultancy employee his rhetoric is verbatim replay of most consultancy sales patter. My experience of consultants are they can be effective looking in and affecting change but once they have joined the client company they quickly go native.

    Does a degree make anyone qualified to sort out the problems? After all wasn't it our highly educated bankers who caused some of the mess.. Without pratical experience there is a high risk of going native.

    Good that these candidates are coming to light though so we can see what's on offer.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,798 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    He's also good at getting his friends and family that don't necessarily live here to talk him up on the internet - it's quite a good campaign technique

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    eleMental
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭eleMental


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    He's also good at getting his friends and family that don't necessarily live here to talk him up on the internet - it's quite a good campaign technique

    I live in Charlesland. I think that counts as living here (in Wicklow) :mad:


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    #15
    Blandpebbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭Blandpebbles


    I don't think johnny was aiming that comment at you.. Let's keep it civil so this thread keeps going.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,798 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    eleMental wrote: »
    I live in Charlesland. I think that counts as living here (in Wicklow) :mad:
    my comment was not necessarily aimed at 1 poster in particular but I do find an influx of about 5 or 6 of his supporters on the Wicklow forum a bit suspect

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    eleMental
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭eleMental


    Blandpebbles wrote: »
    I don't think johnny was aiming that comment at you.. Let's keep it civil so this thread keeps going.

    Fair point - apologies johnny! *steps down off soapbox of indignation* :o


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    psycho-hope
    Registered Users Posts: 7,245 ✭✭✭psycho-hope


    at the moment I'm not sure who im going to vote for, tho I have kinda been put off voting for any of the younger memebers of the town council who were invovled in the whole 84 saga.


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    bogtreader
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭bogtreader


    Can you enlighten me on the 84 saga please.
    If your not sure ask questions of the candidates these people are going to
    be in government for the next five years heaven forbid


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    psycho-hope
    Registered Users Posts: 7,245 ✭✭✭psycho-hope


    the 84 was orginally going to be more freqeunt and only go to bray, Some members of the town council complained(as well as others im sure) and as a result its now every hour and goes as far as ucd, not into the city centre anymore


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    pljudge321
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭pljudge321


    psycho-hope wrote: »
    the 84 was orginally going to be more freqeunt and only go to bray, Some members of the town council complained(as well as others im sure) and as a result its now every hour and goes as far as ucd, not into the city centre anymore

    Was frequently to Cherrywood not the original plan?


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    psycho-hope
    Registered Users Posts: 7,245 ✭✭✭psycho-hope


    hmm maybe your right maybe it was to cherrywood, have bray in my head for some reason


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    Annasopra
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    in their restructuring of Dublin Bus services Dublin Bus proposed that the 84 would be increased to half hour frequency and would terminate at Cherrywood Luas - I understand that Cllrs Stephen Stokes, James O Sullivan and Simon Harris objected to it terminating at Cherrywood because of all the students in UCD who would be inconvenienced - My understanding is that they lobbied for the route to extend to UCD and were not aware then that Dublin Bus agreed to this but left the service at the frequency of an hour

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #24
    psycho-hope
    Registered Users Posts: 7,245 ✭✭✭psycho-hope


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    in their restructuring of Dublin Bus services Dublin Bus proposed that the 84 would be increased to half hour frequency and would terminate at Cherrywood Luas - I understand that Cllrs Stephen Stokes, James O Sullivan and Simon Harris objected to it terminating at Cherrywood because of all the students in UCD who would be inconvenienced - My understanding is that they lobbied for the route to extend to UCD and were not aware then that Dublin Bus agreed to this but left the service at the frequency of an hour
    thanks for that Johnny, had a look on the DB website but couldnt find the orginal plans


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    #25
    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    This thread is for a serious discussion on Election 2011 for the Greystones area.

    Keep the silly stuff for After Hours.

    If this warning is ignored the thread will be closed and the discussion can continue on the political forum.


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    #26
    Mr Posh
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Mr Posh


    I am neither a friend, family or campaigning for Stephen Donnelly but after looking into all candidates over the last week I will be giving him my 1st preference probably followed by Labour but Joan Burton does make it so very hard to tick that box!!


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    #27
    mtucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭mtucker


    Well, whoever you vote for Mr. Posh, just make sure you don't tick any boxes and rank the candidates 1,2,3 etc. :D Wouldn't want you to spoil your vote. ;)


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    Mr Posh
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Mr Posh


    fair point!!:D


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    #29
    Matt Le Tissue
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭Matt Le Tissue


    I've never missed a vote since I turned 18, but I think this is the first general election where I will go to the ballot box not knowing who to vote for or whether even to bother.


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    #30
    bogtreader
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭bogtreader


    I agree with you on that MATT i did consider not voting
    But it is to important not too


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    #31
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    Steve Earle used to have this slogan on the sleeves of all his albums.

    "If you don't vote, don't bitch"


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