Monday, October 01, 2012

The wisdom of Iain Bain on “A vision of Nairn’s future”

Interesting comment from the Editor of the Nairnshire Telegraph in last week's edition:

“In the meantime though, the NICE people have a task on their hands which is to convince Nairnites that they are not just a bunch of folk living in the west of Nairn defending their property from an invasion of oiks. And those who have already formed that impression need to quit their sour griping, look at the positive aspects of what is being proposed and actually take part.”

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

meanwhile back to reality

everyone has their prejudices if it was so easy to overcome negative feelings by interaction then the world would not be in such a mess

I won't hold my breath in the hope of any great coming together of viewpoints. there are too many dominant personalities

Anonymous said...

Unnecessary inflammatory comment from Mr Bain which will only serve to increase the division of opinion

bystander said...

More wisdom from Iain Bain in his latest (2 October) editorial, in which he puts the recent planning decision on the redevelopment of the bus garage into both financial and historical perspective.

He concludes sadly that once again, divisions of opinion in Nairn, and a rush by developer and Council to get in before a subsidy-deadline, have resulted in the planning committee making what is probably another mistake.

So once again, Nairn has failed to learn from past errors. And once again, the people of Nairn will have to live with the consequences of a bad decision for many decades to come.

Anonymous said...

The westenders would not call us oiks, we are plebs according to the Tories and work our butts off on minimum wage so that west is west and east is east and never the twain shall meet

Anonymous said...

"A rush by developer", according to bystander. If this is the developer rushing, I'd hate to see them dawdling, especially after nearly 15 years of inactivety.

bystander said...

@Anonymous 2.38pm...

My point exactly. 15 years of doing nothing, then suddenly a decision is needed on a development application in a matter of a few weeks.

Is that sensible planning and effective local consultation?