Current figure to date

To date the current figure for those businesses deprived of a vote in Largs BID is 79 !!

Saw STV news last night. Item on Falkirk and the number of businesses struggling or " going to the wall". 

No surprise, since BID took over 3 years ago. The imposition of an enforceable levy for the next 5 years no doubt has contributed to the decline. The Town Centre Manager, Alastair Mitchell ( a BID "spin doctor") was claiming to have ideas to improve the situation. But, all we have seen in previous BID areas are empty promises and spin, followed by deterioration. The only people who benefit from BID appear to be those who are part of the BID quango, whilst small businesses are forced to pay the unwanted burden of the levy, enforced by councils.

Hardly conducive to creating a thriving business community !!

When are the media going to wake up and expose the reality of BID ? So far our elected representatives prefer to ignore the results of inflicting such an undemocratic process on the small business communities of Scotland.,.

Numbers excluded from Largs BID increasing daily

I am contacting businesses on the" list" each day, and now have over 60 of us excluded from the Largs BID ballot !  Still so many to confirm.
I spoke to the office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman yesterday, and the case is only being pursued in the name of my daughter`s business. To reflect the number involved, I have been advised that I require to get a signed mandate from the others involved in the appeal process, so that I can continue to speak on their behalf as well. Only those who completed the appeal process, so, yet again those I am now finding are denied the right of appeal. Never the less, I intend to show that this ballot was, as I suspected, `rigged` to provide a "yes" result by depriving a SIGNIFICANT number of the right to a ballot paper.
The reason given by Derek MacKay MSP for his denial of the appeal was that  even if those who appealed had got a vote it would not have changed the outcome of the ballot.
Well, we can now prove that numbers already show that if North Ayrshire Council had conducted a proper ballot, the result would have been different. Also, by refusing us "the list" in November, Elma Murray the Returning Officer prevented those excluded from joining in the appeal process.
What has happened to DEMOCRACY in Scotland ?
Will we allow this ?  No chance !!  Scottish Government, take heed  ! We will continue till we win this battle.