Friday, 21 December 2012
Largs BID undemocratic
Of 280 eligible businesses 140 did not vote. As we did not get the documentation and ballot paper, we asked other traders and found many more traders also excluded, so asked Returning Officer for info re all 280 businesses to ascertain how many were without a vote. After 6 weeks, and 2 requests under the Freedom of Information Act, we have been refused. It appears that the BID committee are allowed to know, but not us - the disenfranchised. It also appears that the BID committee, the ones with a vested interest in obtaining a 'yes' vote, had the BID plan and ballot papers to distribute ! Well, that would explain the ballot result. 'Yes' 92, 'No' 48, and 140 left in the dark with no vote. What a shabby excuse for a legal ballot. What has happened to Democracy in this country.
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