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Shell and Erris, the future?

category mayo | politics / elections | opinion/analysis author Tuesday December 23, 2008 22:20author by Devils Advocate Report this post to the editors

A rare opportunity to prove a fact!

In June of 2009 we the people of Erris will have a rare opportunity to give our oponion on issues which are of concern to us, I suggest it is time for some of our local defenders to give us people of Erris a chance to give them a mandate to speak on our behalf!

In June of next year we will all have the opportunity to cast an oponion on where we want our future to lie.
I think it is time for representatives from both sides of the Corrib debate to come forward and give us people a opportunity to express how we feel about the situation.
We have all heard the propaganda from both sides claiming to represent the people of Erris, but we have yet to actually hear a definitive opinion from "the people of Erris".
This is that chance, let there be a single issue candidate from each camp, one from Shell-to-Sea/objectors of the current situation, and a candidate from the pro-Shell stable who believes that this project will be good for Erris in its present form, and agrees with the present Stance been taken by the Government,company and supporters of the project.
There should be no reluctance on either side to agree to such a challenge as both sides of the argument claim to speak for "us locals"!

Here is an extract from the WP of Wednesday, March 14, 2007
"DEMOCRACY is understood to be sacred. It is something dignified, to be treated with respect. And a Election is supposed to be the absolute expression of it,"

http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2007/03/14/story36...7.asp

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   An even rarer one, NO pipeline permission     Merry Christmas    Wed Dec 24, 2008 06:57 
   more to it than that     dreamer    Wed Dec 24, 2008 09:46 
   should be considered     J lavelle    Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:47 
   vote     a.carey    Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:27 
   democracy depends on information     lulu    Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:46 
   look around     Chrissie    Wed Dec 24, 2008 13:51 
   To Chrissie     Conor. M    Wed Dec 24, 2008 14:31 
   One for all!     John Walsh    Wed Dec 24, 2008 16:12 
   Pub talk.     Local Resident    Thu Dec 25, 2008 00:12 
 10   no matter how you vote in Erris     Vote for SHELL OUT    Thu Dec 25, 2008 06:43 
 11   Shell out     cable    Thu Dec 25, 2008 15:40 
 12   a campaign worth pushing     JT Cawley    Thu Dec 25, 2008 16:49 
 13   stand well back     local    Thu Dec 25, 2008 18:35 
 14   Dont listen to Trolls     Abe    Thu Dec 25, 2008 22:12 
 15   Festive Greetings     Peter M    Thu Dec 25, 2008 22:56 
 16   Both sides of the debate     MacE    Fri Dec 26, 2008 00:58 
 17   pretentious     M Lynch    Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:49 
 18   not merely local     lulu    Fri Dec 26, 2008 13:15 
 19   just to be clear     all politics is local    Fri Dec 26, 2008 19:26 
 20   Not the one to back this time     HK    Fri Dec 26, 2008 20:14 
 21   Elections are out of date. There are better ways to do it     John    Sat Dec 27, 2008 17:02 
 22   Reply to M Lynch     MacE    Sat Dec 27, 2008 17:13 
 23   Reply to lulu and John     MacE    Sat Dec 27, 2008 18:22 
 24   Ah well, it was just a thought!     Devils advocate    Sun Dec 28, 2008 18:44 
 25   act now.     maggie    Sun Dec 28, 2008 19:27 
 26   Get things organised     JT Cawley    Sun Dec 28, 2008 20:45 
 27   surreal Christmas ravings     Local    Sun Dec 28, 2008 22:51 
 28   Dream world?     MacE    Mon Dec 29, 2008 05:21 
 29   not unusal     Wikipedia    Mon Dec 29, 2008 09:52 
 30   NIMBY is one thing ...     Jeff    Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:41 
 31   Shell to Sea     observer    Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:21 
 32   Do it right this time!     JT Cawley    Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:12 
 33   The issue has already been decided.     e45lotion    Mon Dec 29, 2008 13:19 
 34   Replies to observer, JT Cawley and e45lotion     MacE    Mon Dec 29, 2008 15:55 
 35   Demand the law, and forget about the useless politicians     Des    Mon Dec 29, 2008 16:40 
 36   Irrespectively!     Nostradamus    Mon Dec 29, 2008 18:22 
 37   Nostrodamus     chr    Mon Dec 29, 2008 19:27 
 38   Reply to Nostradamus     MacE    Mon Dec 29, 2008 19:39 
 39   Ask the Chief     Nostradamus    Mon Dec 29, 2008 20:43 
 40   We've all been duped by the the Smart Alec's     Euclid    Mon Dec 29, 2008 21:04 
 41   Aarhus Convention     J mg    Tue Dec 30, 2008 13:10 
 42   The facts     MacE    Tue Dec 30, 2008 15:30 
 43   FEAR!     E D    Tue Dec 30, 2008 18:24 
 44   Frit     walker    Tue Dec 30, 2008 18:55 
 45   Reply to E D     MacE    Tue Dec 30, 2008 19:04 
 46   if they did?     bh    Tue Dec 30, 2008 19:19 
 47   Shell candidate     MacE    Tue Dec 30, 2008 19:37 
 48   nominees     John K    Tue Dec 30, 2008 21:29 
 49   Anti-Shell candidate     MacE    Tue Dec 30, 2008 22:21 
 50   simple     easy    Thu Jan 01, 2009 09:13 
 51   Use     MacE    Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:46 
 52   The Aarhus Convention     Ray    Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:06 
 53   Ruddy Quinn     qf    Thu Jan 01, 2009 17:21 
 54   get to erris     eneough talk.    Sat Jan 03, 2009 09:37 
 55   Shell and Erris - No Future!     Maura Harrington    Sat Jan 03, 2009 13:11 
 56   Mandate my arse     Martin    Sat Jan 03, 2009 14:23 
 57   This quote says it all     BS detector    Sat Jan 03, 2009 15:45 
 58   cannot suffer fools!     Conor B    Sat Jan 03, 2009 20:53 
 59   Care to bet?     Maura Harrington    Sat Jan 03, 2009 22:25 
 60   Conor Balls has proven my point     BS Detector    Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:13 
 61   Fair Referendum?     John    Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:06 
 62   Explanation     John    Sun Jan 04, 2009 18:15 
 63   BS is Blinkered.     Conor B    Sun Jan 04, 2009 22:29 
 64   what works.     Tom Gaughan    Thu Jan 08, 2009 08:47 


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