Comments on: UK-wide success for Easdale Island in Green Streets £2m shareout

By: David McEwan Hill

David McEwan Hill — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:04:23 +0000

What a silly comment.
Was that why they elected Jim Mather?
Was that why they elected enough SNP councillors to put the SNP into joint control of Argyll and Bute?
Was that why they gave the SNP a very large majority in Argyll and Bute at the recent Euro Election?

Please raise your game.

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By: kintyre1

kintyre1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:08 +0000

the electorate rejected mr mckenzie at the council elections , must be because of his scottish nationalist views

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By: Willie McEwan

Willie McEwan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:06:14 +0000

I see nothing outrageous about the remarks. This question of Alan Reid’s second subsidised house being only a few miles from his first house and both at the very southern border of a very large constituency has not been fully answered.
I think a second home in Oban or Kintyre could be argued for
There is no doubt that Alan Reid writes more letters than I have ever seen any MP doing and usually in a “fury” or suchlike. Whether thy have any effect except to fill up the pages of our local newspapers I cant tell you.

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By: Colin Mackenzie

Colin Mackenzie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:36:44 +0000

You people should behave yourselves. Your remarks are quite outrageous.

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By: David McEwan Hill

David McEwan Hill — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:33:45 +0000

That second home of Alan Reid’s is a question to which we have not got a proper answer yet. The second home allowances are meant to help fund a base close to Parliament for those MPs who live in far flung parts of the UK. I hardly think Cardross fits that bill.

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By: hiyak

hiyak — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:50:32 +0000

Re Ian Hamilton’s startling revelation above on how Mike Mackenzie gets home late – if Alan Reid could do he same, he’d not have needed a second home in Cardross – he could have made it home to Dunoon any time he wanted.

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By: David McEwan Hill

David McEwan Hill — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:39 +0000

On a serious note Mike MacKenzie is going to very busy indeed when he is elected as this is the sort of effort and success we would like to see across Argyll and Bute

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By: Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:28:14 +0000

Anything that Mike MacKenzie does hits you between the eyes.

Did you know that when he misses the ferry he walks home across the water?

Ian Hamilton

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By: Mike MacKenzie

Mike MacKenzie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:30:27 +0000

I feel that I must point out that I was part of a team who made this presentation.Eilean Eisdeal, Easdale Island’s community development company, have made an enormous difference to this community over a number of years.Their many achievements have been the result of teamwork and of the large number of committed volunteers who have given freely of their time, their skills and their energy.I am not currently a director of Eilean Eisdeal but I am always pleased to assist them whenever I can.

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By: Willie McEwan

Willie McEwan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:11:04 +0000

I understand Mike MacKenzie was in fact one of the major movers in this fantastic success which is not really surprising in view of his previous successful commitments to Easdale Island and I hear that it was Mike that made the presentation last week in Hamilton.
My only surprise is to see a photo of an Argyll good news story without Alan Reid finding his way into it whether he had anything to do with it or not. Perhaps he wrote a letter. Or, in this case, perhaps not.

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