Categories: glasgow
Date: 01 April 2007 19:58:09
I got back to the Stately Pile this evening to a number of letters in Scottish Parliament envelopes. So despite the fact that campaigning for the Scottish elections (on May 3rd) starts in earnest tomorrow, at least some of them are still remembering us oiks they were elected to serve. So I thought I'd give you an update on the state of play so far in terms of responses to my garden letter:
V.good response from:
* Regional MSP (Green) (probably unsurprising, that, given the topic) promising to lend his support to the continuation of the garden.
Good response from:
* Regional MSP (Solidarity) - enclosed a copy of a letter he'd sent to the council land services recently having had a number of letters from concerned residents, and saying he'd let me know the response.
* Regional MSP (SNP) - short and terse but agreeing with me that the garden should be preserved for the community and saying would make enquiries and get back to me.
OK response from:
* Regional MSP (LibDem) - apparently the garden was always meant to be a temporary feature, but agreed that the recycling/environmental action and work experience for young people needs to continue - no indication they'll be doing anything else about it though.
Poor-ish response from:
* Constituency MSP (Labour) - as previously mentioned, he says he's not the MSP for the garden's street, but would pass my letter onto the council and get back to me with any response.
Poor response from:
* Regional MSP (Conservative) - as it's a planning issue it's nothing to do with him, run along dear and take it to the council.
Responses still outstanding from:
* Westminster MP (Labour)
* Local councillor (Labour)
* Regional MSP (SNP)
* Regional MSP (SSP)
It's interesting that with green issues so high on the agenda and an election so imminent, something like this can really highlight how much of a priority it *really* is for politicians.