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Shell and Erris, the future?

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Tuesday December 23, 2008 22:20

by Devils Advocate

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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

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	An even rarer one, NO pipeline permission	Merry Christmas	Wed Dec 24, 2008 06:57
2	more to it than that	dreamer	Wed Dec 24, 2008 09:46
3	should be considered	J lavelle	Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:47
4	vote	a.carey	Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:27
5	democracy depends on information	lulu	Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:46
6	look around	Chrissie	Wed Dec 24, 2008 13:51
7	To Chrissie	Conor. M	Wed Dec 24, 2008 14:31
8	One for all!	John Walsh	Wed Dec 24, 2008 16:12
9	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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