Styles Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 I was reading somthing the other day about the £100,000 the council donated to India for the tsunami relief. It struck me a that this is somthing that people themselves should donate to, not local authorities with peoples money. Is surley up to the individiual and not the Council. I would think that Shetlands money should be spent on Shetland, if they had a extra £100,000 they should divide it up between all the old age pensioners in shetland or towards the CAT scanner or somthing like that. Not donateing it to somthing which has nothing to do with Shetland. I think people should give to charity, but just feel that its shouldent be the Shetland Islands Council so that some councillors can feel good about themselves and go on a jolly. I see that Orkney Council voted to not give money as they didnt want to set a precident and felt they couldent be seen giveing away money when they are complaining about excessive expenditure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Here, here Styles - I agree. Let the public decide! Orkney Islands Council declined making any donation and left it to the people to decide if/how much they wanted to contribute. What I find even more laughable was the recent visit to India by an elected member and SIC employee 'to make links between India and Shetland'. Is that the best they could come up with? I'd love to know what these 'links' are? Erm, perhaps they were discussing our similar climates..........................mmmm............................??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I was reading somthing the other day about the £100,000 the council donated to India for the tsunami relief. It struck me a that this is somthing that people themselves should donate to, not local authorities with peoples money. Is surley up to the individiual and not the Council. I would think that Shetlands money should be spent on Shetland, if they had a extra £100,000 they should divide it up between all the old age pensioners in shetland or towards the CAT scanner or somthing like that. Not donateing it to somthing which has nothing to do with Shetland. I think people should give to charity, but just feel that its shouldent be the Shetland Islands Council so that some councillors can feel good about themselves and go on a jolly. I see that Orkney Council voted to not give money as they didnt want to set a precident and felt they couldent be seen giveing away money when they are complaining about excessive expenditure. I see your point, but if it's just oil-revenue money or cash that has not directly come from the taxpayer then £100,000 seems fair enough. Esp when you consider that those killed when the tsunami hit were mainly folk living in small to medium towns by the sea, who depended on fishing for their lively hoods. Sound familiar? Shetland takes in about £30 Million in fishing a year. If something like that happened to us, it would be shame if governments around the world denied us aid, saying it was the responsibility of the individual. Even if that donation came directly from our pockets (which I highly doubt) it would cost you about 10p a week for a year to pay it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 I was reading somthing the other day about the £100,000 the council donated to India for the tsunami relief. It struck me a that this is somthing that people themselves should donate to, not local authorities with peoples money. Is surley up to the individiual and not the Council. I would think that Shetlands money should be spent on Shetland, if they had a extra £100,000 they should divide it up between all the old age pensioners in shetland or towards the CAT scanner or somthing like that. Not donateing it to somthing which has nothing to do with Shetland. I think people should give to charity, but just feel that its shouldent be the Shetland Islands Council so that some councillors can feel good about themselves and go on a jolly. I see that Orkney Council voted to not give money as they didnt want to set a precident and felt they couldent be seen giveing away money when they are complaining about excessive expenditure. I see your point, but if it's just oil-revenue money or cash that has not directly come from the taxpayer then £100,000 seems fair enough. Esp when you consider that those killed when the tsunami hit were mainly folk living in small to medium towns by the sea, who depended on fishing for their lively hoods. Sound familiar? Shetland takes in about £30 Million in fishing a year. If something like that happened to us, it would be shame if governments around the world denied us aid, saying it was the responsibility of the individual. Even if that donation came directly from our pockets (which I highly doubt) it would cost you about 10p a week for a year to pay it back. The comment above was by me - I forgot to log in. crapolla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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