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GUBOH Fun Day at the Harbour 3/7/2011
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03-07-2011 6:47pm#1
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The proof of the following of GUBOH can really only be manifested by the next set of local elections when perhaps some GUBOH members will stand for election and oust the likes of Mitchell and Hayden. While I support the efforts of GUBOH, comments such as "self elected" by Mitchell does no favours to the campaign. Getting them out will teach them a lesson.
FWIW, we went down to the harbour on the spur of the moment yesterday and had a look at the slip. Nice to see the boaters getting use of the facility, no wonder Hayden was looking so smug.
Wasn't aware that the GUBOH event was being staged BEHIND the Beach House. Not much point bringing buckets and spades to a pub is there? No wonder the Byrne's are behind the campaign!
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mikedragon32 wrote: »The proof of the following of GUBOH can really only be manifested by the next set of local elections when perhaps some GUBOH members will stand for election and oust the likes of Mitchell and Hayden. While I support the efforts of GUBOH, comments such as "self elected" by Mitchell does no favours to the campaign. Getting them out will teach them a lesson.
FWIW, we went down to the harbour on the spur of the moment yesterday and had a look at the slip. Nice to see the boaters getting use of the facility, no wonder Hayden was looking so smug.
Wasn't aware that the GUBOH event was being staged BEHIND the Beach House. Not much point bringing buckets and spades to a pub is there? No wonder the Byrne's are behind the campaign!
Unfortunately, the elections are 3 years off, so that proof is not open to GUBOH. As I understand it, the GUBOH committee see this as a single-issue campaign — and the sooner they win their objectives and can pack the GUBOH bags, the better they'll like it. But you could be right, Mikedragon — Mitchell was perfectly happy for the hoardings to stay until 2014 until GUBOH came along. If Sispar don't get to work, maybe he will face a GUBOH candidate. I reckon that if there were TC elections next week, GUBOH would sweep the boards.
Yeah, I've been down the harbour lots the past ten days and it's great to see all the activity, including the swimmers, the sailors, the kayakers, and so on... and yesterday the very first sandcastle was built on the new beach.
There are signs of further movement by Sispar, under pressure. There would be more if Hayden and Mitchell would just shut up and leave the politics out of it — they are the ones who are out of step, and who are creating the false impression of division on this issue.
One of the committee told me they had originally planned a short rally on the plaza outside the Beach House, which is why the car park was blocked off, with the party happening in the field. When they saw the crowds inside the harbour and were warned that a regatta was taking place, they decided for safety reasons to keep everything inside the Beach House grounds — too many kids and too much traffic.
Could have done better with the redirection signs, though. Quite a few people went home thinking it was cancelled.
Buckets & spades to a pub? Well, some of the kids actually managed to dig up some of the field and put it in their buckets. Don't forget, MikeD, that the BH was the traditional venue for open-air gigs and events in summer, always hosting the Arts Fest, for example, so no surprise that the GUBOH party was there. Where else in Greystones can you get over 1,000 people at an open-air gig?0 -
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