Laois local elections 2009

[Lottie]

Indeed! Im dyslxeic bwt , thanks fro bringing it up

Wow, fellow dyslectic. I manage it with help and tuition. Major admiration. Not easy, is it? I have gotten to the stage of pride of Dyslexia. Have achieved Degree and Masters. Quite embarrassed by current County Councillors. Reckon we could do with better. What do you think?

[Lottie]

God no. Don't encourage her.
If she goes on a solo run what'll she inflict on the people in the area. Although, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea. The people in the Emo LEA need a good laugh. Who better to give them one but Hailie Halford. Yes folks, that might be a great idea. Send in the clown and let her give the peopl of area a good laugh. I betta she'll tell them she did this, that and teh other. She can tell them she is a big shot in the PR field. Even tell them she knows the big wigs in FG. She'll get a great laugh when she tells them she was an editor for three months in a failed rag. And, wait for this one, she can tell them what perfume she wears. That'll really clinch it for her.
And, FINALLY SHE CAN TELL THEM IF SHE HAD OF WENT TO CONVENTION SHE WOULD HAVE HAD dEEGAN SWEATING FOR HIS SEAT.
oH jesus lads, it's be a riot.
Halford, Halford, Halford, Halford, Halford, Halford, Halford. Come on all together.....................

You do know that you can get treatment. St. Fintans is good

[Michael Moloney]

Quite embarrassed by current County Councillors. Reckon we could do with better. What do you think?

YOU reckon WE could do with better! Are you intending to put your name on the Ballot paper?

Embarrassed! Lottie, You have posted some cringe tingling not to say embarrassing garbage over the past few days

You do know that....... St. Fintans is good

I reckon with all your education, degrees etc, would it be out of order to suggest a little regard for the services and facilities located at St. Fintan's? I would like to think that the new crop of public representatives will be fully behind the remit of the services located at St. Fintan's.

Helping ensure that the vital services that allow people of all abilities and disabilities can live life to the full must be at the core of the public reps remit. At the moment the HSE and the Dept of Education are attacking such services and I would expect if you are going to stand for election you should pay aquaint yourself with what is afoot.


Michael Moloney MCC (Indep) Laois CC

[whatsnext]

Can we get back to discussing politics and policies for the upcoming election in June.
Any possibility of not mentioning Grace Halford on this forum anymore unless of course she puts her name forward as a independent!

[Lottie]

YOU reckon WE could do with better! Are you intending to put your name on the Ballot paper?

Embarrassed! Lottie, You have posted some cringe tingling not to say embarrassing garbage over the past few days



I reckon with all your education, degrees etc, would it be out of order to suggest a little regard for the services and facilities located at St. Fintan's? I would like to think that the new crop of public representatives will be fully behind the remit of the services located at St. Fintan's.

Helping ensure that the vital services that allow people of all abilities and disabilities can live life to the full must be at the core of the public reps remit. At the moment the HSE and the Dept of Education are attacking such services and I would expect if you are going to stand for election you should pay aquaint yourself with what is afoot.


Michael Moloney MCC (Indep) Laois CC

Clearly, Michael, you have missed my point entirely. If you consider my contributions to this site to be cringeworthy, I would suggest that you note your own contributions. Perhaps it is unintentional on your part, but a lot of the time your postings read like the ravings of the unhinged, and make absolutely no sense. As for myself, despite a lifelong interest in Politics, I have never had any interest in running for election. As a voter, however, I am entitled to a vested interest in who represents me. For quite a while, I feel, the quality of representation in Laois County Council has been pitiful.

[Bystander]

I have to say that I agree with Lottie on the competence and quality of some of our public representatives. A close examination of their competencies and qualities and also their contributions and achievements will leave a lot to be desired. By contributions I don't mean getting potholes filled, filling in housing application forms, attending every funeral in the area, getting your mug in the local papers for meaningless reasons etc. etc. I mean making a meaningful difference to all constituents and their lives / living conditions and not just looking after party supporters, patronage, gombeenism etc. Why do the majority of the Irish slavishly vote for the same patently useless fools each election, knowing how poorly they perform. Because, they claim, " our family were always Fianna Failers / Fine Gaelers" etc.
Until we look beyond this narrow view and vote for the best candidate regardless of party we will continue to get what we deserve - more of the same idiots.

[vista]

there are many decent, intelligent first timers standing for the locals on this occasion. I wish them well.

[Lottie]

there are many decent, intelligent first timers standing for the locals on this occasion. I wish them well.

Hear, hear. Totally agree. It's incredibly difficult for bright, educated young people to get on a party ticket. The 'old boys' would prefer the cosy but useless status quo. They tend to have a major conniption if bright new talent emerges. They see this as a threat rather than a gift. They band together and see them off by fair means or foul, usually foul

[Michael Moloney]

.... but I would still like to believe that some Councillors deal in altruism rather than self service.....

And G.H. been one such person wanted to join with the present team of FG Councillors who, with regards to the Local Area Plan for Portarlington in October 2007 voted to zone......

BUILDING ON MORE BOGS IN LAOIS:

Fianna Fail & Fine Gael, lining one anothers pockets agains the will of the people who elected them.Can Gormley reign in the greed of councillors and their farming friends and developer cronies.?

INDEPENDENT councillor Michael Moloney has this week (January 2008) pointed to the extensive flooding of areas in Portarlington last week as vindication for his position that councillors who voted to rezone flood plains in the town were reckless.

He accused other councillors from all parties in Laois of engaging in reckless behaviour when they voted last October to allow developments on some of the town's flood plains.

He said they had disregarded concerns from the OPW and from the Minister for the Environment John Gormley about voting to allow developments on these areas.



He went as far as saying the other councillors who voted in favour of the move were out of touch with the felling of local people on the issue.

"In the context of the extensive flooding of the flood plains in Portarlington last week I have to insist that my comments last week regarding Minister

Gormley's move to curb councillors' powers in zoning lands must now be apparent to anyone that might have been skeptical of my position.

"Flood plains are a natural holding area in time of extensive rainfall that holds back waters from destroying homes and businesses. When councillors ignore professional guidance from the highest levels and zone such areas they allow themselves to be viewed in a very poor, if not cynical light.

"When one looks at the context in which the zoning of these flood plains took place, one can see that in a very short period of time the population of Portarlington has exploded from 4,000 to over 6,000 and that this will rise towards 7,000 by the time all the developments now being built are complete. This being the case no excuse can be made for such actions by my fellow councillors. With 23 councillors in the council chamber on the day not one councillor seconded my objection to zone the flood plains.

"Dealing with such disregard to proper planning Minister Gormley is left with little option but to impose new guidelines on councillors and in the process curtail our remit in land zonings."



Lottie take a close look at the voting record of GH's party on LCC over the last five years before you get carried away with notions of Alturism!


Michael Moloney MCC (Indep) Laois cc

[Swinging Door]

Now now Michael.
I cautioned you, not too long ago, about a certain rezoning issue you in Portarlington.
Do you not remember what I said back then, that of my own chosing I would pick my time to tell all about it?
My people in Port are just waiting and watching and will tell me the exact time to spring this.
You were the one who brought this issue up, just now.