When the dust settles on the 16th of November Nairn will be represented by at least 27 community councillors with the possibility that the new councils may co-opt further members too.
River will be returned without an election and will have nine members, you can see who got on there on this document*. The candidates for Nairn Suburban are listed here - pick any 10 from the 11 on the coupon. Over in the West pick any 8 from 11 when you get the ballot paper.
Here's the Cawdor and West Nairnshire list and Auldearn here too, East Nairnshire will not have a community council according to the Highland Council press release, there will also be some big gaps in Inverness where not enough candidates came forward. If this proves anything it demonstrates that Nairn is a caring community where sufficient people are willing to put themselves forward for these unpaid roles on the Community Councils. You can show your support for them Gurnites, by voting in the elections and supporting the councils in their work.
*The Gurnmeister notes that River CC have no members elected from those who live on the east side of the river, their territory takes in the Lochloy schemes, Broad Hill and Boath Park, so maybe there is the potential there yet for a couple of folk from those areas to be co-opted on to take the total number of usual suspects beyond 30? And if you add the other out of town councillors to the total too then it looks like there will be nearly enough Nairnshire representitives to fill a bus should the need ever arise.
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Allow me to introduce myself: I am very highly thought of in the field of Marine Biology, having penned the ignomious tome "Dolphins: are they having a Whale of a Time?" I hope to be doing my good work in and around Nairn over the next few months, so if you see me out and about with my little fishing net, do say hello - I won't bite (not unless you want me to!) And before you ask - all that business concerning me, a loch and 17 barrels of toxic waste is a mere confabulation concocted by the gutter press. Any statements to the contrary may well incur the wrath of my solicitors. TTFN!
Jonas, do you mind please, we are trying to have a serious day on the Gurn today.
Arghhhhhh!!! Vote for me, I am serious and VERY ANGRY!! aRGGGGH!!! (ETC ETC ETC...)
Hello again, good old Jonas here. Of course I am serious! Very serious. Vote for me and I will sort things out. Some people call me mad, but then, people in glass houses...? PS ignore the rantings of my poor half-brother 'Mal'. We will have him under lock and key again soon enough.
Oh good, looks like a few new spots of blood amongst the listed usual suspects, good gurn fodder
looks like we need someone for this end of the town, as things start to slip with the cutbacks. this is with reference to the shrub beds at the cemetery field.
Yeah Billy, the River CC should really look for someone(or two or three co-opted) from that side of the burn. We'll have to wait and see when the new regime kicks off next month in Novemeber and see if that is a popular concept.
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