tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post6272456142855773509..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Highland Councillor Peter Saggers: “ I believe that the reason why Easter Ross and the West Coast may get more attention is because the political background there is more amenable to the powers that be. I think Nairn is seen as a different kettle of fish[...]”Graisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76441658259529522022021-02-26T10:17:57.920+00:002021-02-26T10:17:57.920+00:00I am loving these minutes Ward Business Meeting mi...I am loving these minutes Ward Business Meeting minutes you have posted, where are you getting them from? I am sure there are some people who will be infuriated by this.<br /><br />Can we have more please?<br />Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-27609544048306855372021-02-26T08:57:01.925+00:002021-02-26T08:57:01.925+00:00James, in discussion on playing fields and and pla...James, in discussion on playing fields and and play equipment at the NWSCC meeting on Monday night Tom Heggie said:<br />We are trying to help Nairn Play not to do the plyaing fields, which is what you are talking about team sports, but play equipment. Now down at the Riverside we've tried to support Nairn Play to do that and we did allocate money but they haven't used it so we've hadGraisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-6318397869807127022021-02-26T08:42:04.071+00:002021-02-26T08:42:04.071+00:00"@Anon 8.41 Peter Saggers stood and was elect..."@Anon 8.41 Peter Saggers stood and was elected. The taboo of candidates not living in Nairn was broken. Perhaps we will see more candidates from elsewhere next time too."<br /><br />I can't see this as a positive potential development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-38057491081591915752021-02-25T13:25:50.345+00:002021-02-25T13:25:50.345+00:00Graisg
Details of several grants discussed at WBM...Graisg<br /><br />Details of several grants discussed at WBMs including one from the Ward Discretionary Budget for £6000<br /><br />NAIRN WARD BUSINESS MEETING<br />ACTION NOTE FROM THE MEETING HELD ON: Friday 15th February 2019 at 9.15am, Provost’s Room, Nairn Court House.<br />PRESENT: Cllr. Laurie Fraser (LF), Cllr. Liz MacDonald (LM), Cllr. Peter Saggers (PS), Cllr. Tom Heggie (TH), Liz CowieJames Logan Ralphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-13905558896066485172021-02-25T10:14:22.723+00:002021-02-25T10:14:22.723+00:00Graisg,
I will endeavour to find the grant inform...Graisg,<br /><br />I will endeavour to find the grant information contained within FOI Ward Business Meeting minutes I have at my disposal, will get back to you on this. However the awarding of this grant was reported in the Nairnshire.James Logan Ralphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-50090596832652602562021-02-25T09:13:09.182+00:002021-02-25T09:13:09.182+00:00@Anon 8.41 Peter Saggers stood and was elected. Th...@Anon 8.41 Peter Saggers stood and was elected. The taboo of candidates not living in Nairn was broken. Perhaps we will see more candidates from elsewhere next time too.Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-15908941473635310622021-02-25T08:55:52.768+00:002021-02-25T08:55:52.768+00:00James where can I find details of the grant you me...James where can I find details of the grant you mentioned? Deleted it for now but would like to follow up. Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-25782185927549972712021-02-25T08:54:43.226+00:002021-02-25T08:54:43.226+00:00Of the ten (10) Play Parks in Nairn - three (3) ar...Of the ten (10) Play Parks in Nairn - three (3) are closed - perhaps the highland Council or their representatives in Nairn can explain why.<br /><br />https://www.highland.gov.uk/directory_record/1451759/riverside_nairn<br />Play areas - Riverside, Nairn<br />Park name<br />Riverside<br />Town<br />Nairn<br />Status<br />This play park is closed<br /><br />https://www.highland.gov.uk/James Logan Ralphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-26589337346919184142021-02-25T08:41:54.798+00:002021-02-25T08:41:54.798+00:00I'm still astonished that Cllr Saggers got ele...I'm still astonished that Cllr Saggers got elected at all, given that he doesn't even live in the town. Perhaps next election we will get a representatives from Dingwall, Ullapool and Wick to join him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-51216915969801257722021-02-24T22:52:20.011+00:002021-02-24T22:52:20.011+00:00Bill Young @ 2:17 PM
Couldn't agree more Sir....Bill Young @ 2:17 PM<br /><br />Couldn't agree more Sir. Perhaps the first contributor is peeved and panicked at another article on the Gurn which divulges the minutes from Ward Business Meetings. Discussions of potential disposal of even more Common Good assets coming down the road.<br /><br />Dare I suggest he or she may even be a Community Councillor themselves?<br /><br /> G S Guthrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-59587071592735566852021-02-24T21:38:43.480+00:002021-02-24T21:38:43.480+00:00a million quid spend on town clock tower ,,,,,hund...a million quid spend on town clock tower ,,,,,hundreds of thousands revamping courthouse <br />about 7 years ago installing lifts etc,then closed it and cases put to inverness castle,and then,£96.000 spent on a useless pedestrian crossing on high st,and highland region think thats money well spent,rather than spend a few thousand for playparks.<br />the mind boggles,monkeys could do a better job Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-43550105408101270652021-02-24T20:24:58.340+00:002021-02-24T20:24:58.340+00:00Perhaps they could get the rest of the lights fixe...Perhaps they could get the rest of the lights fixed in fisher town too please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-37146603715212366082021-02-24T16:54:48.741+00:002021-02-24T16:54:48.741+00:00To Anonymous @10:49 I do not agree with your opin...To Anonymous @10:49 I do not agree with your opinion on Community Councillors.<br />There are two who live in my area who are really nice. They have helped me in lockdown, as I am a single parent. The man fixed my we boys bike for him, and the lady contacted the Council about the lighting not being on when we were all heading home from Millbank school in the dark before Christmas last year. The Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-30850501282292650622021-02-24T16:50:15.741+00:002021-02-24T16:50:15.741+00:00The whole issue of the lack of local democracy in ...The whole issue of the lack of local democracy in Nairn and across most of Highland, is simply because of the Tories.<br />Some of us Nairnshire Greybeards remember the early 1990s. We had a Nairn District Council and the Common Good assets were within their control.<br />The Conservative and Unionist Party were in full control at Westminster.<br />There was no Scottish Parliament at Holyrood to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-32221526364505206752021-02-24T14:17:03.289+00:002021-02-24T14:17:03.289+00:00As one of the targets in the response of Anonymous...As one of the targets in the response of Anonymous I am happy to engage in the debate.<br />The problem I need to overcome is the contempt I have for someone who makes gratuitously offensive comments and support an equally offensive conclusion that it is appropriate to punish the people of Nairn because the elected Community Councils in attempting to do their Statutory Duty are pricking the Bill Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76572080609882399322021-02-24T12:39:21.792+00:002021-02-24T12:39:21.792+00:00It is disappointing, but not surprising, that the ...It is disappointing, but not surprising, that the view persists that Highland Council is hostile or unsympathetic to Nairn. This seems to be based on the unfounded assertion that Nairn is somehow "difficult" or "uncooperative".<br /><br />It is of course true that the community of Nairn and its representatives including the CCs, take a keen and informed interest in how local the muppeteernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-57468412662106263932021-02-24T12:02:08.192+00:002021-02-24T12:02:08.192+00:00I agree with anon. We need to work together. Neg...I agree with anon. We need to work together. Negativity creates nothing. Imagine what could happen in and for Nairn if all the energy, brains, enthusiasm that currently criticises and challenges THC came together and worked with the Council instead. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-52662151436938686032021-02-24T08:47:39.863+00:002021-02-24T08:47:39.863+00:00"Nairn is a relatively prosperous part of the..."Nairn is a relatively prosperous part of the country so it is fair, in my opinion, that other areas that are not as fortunate will need more help." It may look like that when you drive through and for many people that is how things are in Nairn but there are also plenty of people struggling to keep their economic heads above water - a lot of people in work struggling too. Nairn is Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-38560395186076921902021-02-23T22:49:36.791+00:002021-02-23T22:49:36.791+00:00I completely agree with Councillor Saggers. The po...I completely agree with Councillor Saggers. The point he is making is that the atmosphere created by many of the Community Councillors in Nairn is so aggressive and negative, with their primary enemy being Highland Council. It is the same council across the Highlands, with the variable factor the attitude of the individual communities. Perhaps certain community councillor's need to remember Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com