By Bill Heaney
Christmas in the Poorhouse. That is the prospect for 2023 for the residents of West Dunbartonshire.
Local people are fizzing at the local council for their decision not to have “switch ons” for Christmas lights in Dumbarton and the Vale.
What’s most curious about this is that instead of apologising profusely for the disgraceful state we are in here, our councillors are glaring angrily at, and taking their revenge out, on the people just for having expressed their disappointment at this.
In Dumbarton and the Vale you are supposed not to complain but to suck it up because that’s what always happens.
If you always do what you always did then you always get what you always got, which in West Dunbartonshire is not a lot.
Community Party member Drew MacEoghainn told social media: “This from a labour administration that will spend £6.44m on a BUSINESS CASE for the old Exxon site at Bowling!
“The money is there, it’s just in control of the utter incompetents who currently run the council!”
After having seen their performance at the special meeting where they decided to go ahead with their ill-conceived plan to shut Balloch Library, who would disagree with him?
Linda Jess Girvin said: “I would rather have had lights on than spend money on fireworks that last fifteen minutes.”
Lennox Herald reader Lyn Allen threw in some common sense comment: “Surely the lights switch on generates money to the town with all the stalls and shows that attend. Doesn’t make sense that .
Anne Currie Hume added:” Yip and us carers are fighting for pay rises and better conditions. Bloody shocking!”
Steven Williamson warned the voting public: “Don’t let West Dunbartonshire Council lie to you , they have £15 million in levelling up money in the bank untouched.
“They quite simply want to play Scrooge with citizens of West Dunbartonshire.
“West dDunbartonshire council is worst performing Scrooge council in Scotland.
And Kenny McFall added: “Sweet Lordy. How much are these [snowflakes] spending on paving from Dumbarton Central to the old Rialto? Unbelievable management!”
Morag Mackinnon gave the Council a much-deserved kick in the ribs: “There are no lights in Alexandria to switch on this year. Where are our lights ? Scrooge doesn’t have a look in.”