Local Elections 2014: What issues will you be raising with candidates on the door?

December2012

I'll be asking them why Ongar has not been taken in charge yet.

ThisRegard

athtrasna wrote: »

AFAIK tomorrow is the first legal day. Mary Fitzpatrick election posters (not the public meeting ones) have been all over the city since Friday.

Department of the Environment on that link have the 23rd ?

ciaran76

I have decided that I am not voting for anyone who had their posters up early.
I know some had pieces of paper stapled to the posters but I have seen plenty of these posters where the paper came of due to wind or rain on Sunday.

I know that seems petty but if these people are flaunting the laws then I cant trust them.

ThisRegard

ciaran76 wrote: »

I know that seems petty but if these people are flaunting the laws then I cant trust them.

Absolutely, particularly since some of those involved are existing councillors. Who do we report them to, themselves ?

Past30Now

There were a large number of Paul Murphy signs put up on Coolmine Road over the weekend. They are quite low on the poles and as far as I am concerned an eyesore and a danger. I'd love to see them banned.

I've had FF, FG, Labour and the Greens at the door so far in the last couple of months. I'm pleading with each of them to put up a set of pedestrian lights on the Porterstown Road at the Castleknock Hurling and Football Club pedestrian entrance. We shouldn't have to wait for a kid to be seriously injured or killed before such an obvious solution is provided.

There is nothing else I want from prospective councillors.

Kev.

Hi guys,

Have any of you noticed that Cllr. Kieran Dennison doesnt have any Fine Geal affiliation on his posters.

Its like he's convieniently forgot to mention it...

Not that he'd be getting my vote anyway but just wondering if anybody else copped it

I've asked him on Twitter about it but he hasnt been bothered to get back to me...

Toto Wolfcastle

I don't think it's petty either. The area has been looking really nice lately and now we have to deal with these eyesores for longer than is actually allowed. The Anti Austerity Alliance posters (no public meeting sign on them) are particularly bad. If anyone actually bothers to call to my house I'll be bringing it up.

oblivious

Strange,is he not also the Fingal mayor ?

ThisRegard

The man's an idiot

“I don’t think people will be bothered by it.”

http://www.thejournal.ie/paul-murphy-socialist-party-election-posters-1426477-Apr2014/

quickbeam

I'm bothered.

Though in fairness he's not the only one to have them up early. I'm bothered by them all. The current laws should be at least enforced. Better still, they should ban posters altogether. They're ugly.

Pat Dunne

quickbeam wrote: »

Better still, they should ban posters altogether.

I am with you all the way on that one.

ThisRegard

Here's an article on the various people flouting the poster rules

http://www.thejournal.ie/election-posters-lampposts-2-1426623-Apr2014/

athtrasna

Kev. wrote: »

Hi guys,

Have any of you noticed that Cllr. Kieran Dennison doesnt have any Fine Geal affiliation on his posters.

Its like he's convieniently forgot to mention it...

Not that he'd be getting my vote anyway but just wondering if anybody else copped it

I've asked him on Twitter about it but he hasnt been bothered to get back to me...

Saw some of his tonight on the Snugborough Road extension...they have public meeting notices over the Fine Gael logo?? Noticeable after the rain. Once the public meeting part comes down the logo will be visible so relax

Lots of SF posters on that road too...two on almost every pole, at least every second one at eye level. Fines a coming at them, the bottom edge has to be well above eye level, can't remember the specific measurement.

ciaran76

Ongar Road last night had plenty of posters too I also noticed as I was jogging by them that the bottom of them were at my shoulder height.

Paulownia

I'm pissed off looking at all the posters from people saying they are going to single handedly end the recession, create jobs, provide housing at 'affordable' prices etc when we know it is all claptrap and once elected they do nothing of the kind and even if they wanted to it is impossible

athtrasna

ciaran76 wrote: »

Ongar Road last night had plenty of posters too I also noticed as I was jogging by them that the bottom of them were at my shoulder height.

Report them to the council this morning. I will be

ciaran76

athtrasna wrote: »

Report them to the council this morning. I will be

Yep all done now.

Larbre34

Fair play, and keep reporting them too, they are a blight. As for the chancers holding 'public meetings' over the last two months about non-specific issues just in order to get a few sneaky election posters up early, they should be prosecuted.

Here's a little guidance from our friends at the Dept of the Environment


Road Safety Law

Q. Where can posters be erected so they do not cause a disruption to road users?

A. The Road Traffic Acts contain requirements in relation to maintaining clear lines of sight for road users which may impact on where posters can be placed, e.g. not on road signs, at traffic junctions or on roundabouts where they may cause road safety risks. It is an offence to erect any sign or notice that makes a traffic sign less visible to road users (Road Traffic Act 1961, Section 95, Subsection 14). Those erecting posters should exercise extreme caution when on or near roadways and should be aware of their own and other road users physical safety, e.g. crossing busy roads, obstructing footpaths, parking of vehicles etc. For more information, check with the Roads section of your local authority.

ThisRegard

Paulownia wrote: »

I'm pissed off looking at all the posters from people saying they are going to single handedly end the recession, create jobs, provide housing at 'affordable' prices etc when we know it is all claptrap and once elected they do nothing of the kind and even if they wanted to it is impossible

But they can't even do anything about it if they wanted to with the best will in the world, they're just going to be local councillors.

A mate has asked Ruth Coppinger about her posters being up early on her facebook page, she seems to have selective reading and so far has refused to even acknowledge his questions. She misses the irony by posting about how Sean Fitzpatrick 'got off' last week when she's blatantly contravening the law herself.

edit:She since replied,

The erection of some election posters 24 hours early by some supporters hardly ranks as a crime. It's hardly litter either.

Zaph

A €150 fine for every poster erected before the 30 day limit would suggest she's wrong on both counts. It's almost as if she doesn't want people to vote for her. If a FF or FG politican made a statement like that she'd be one of the first people jumping up and down and screaming blue murder about it. Hipocrisy is great, isn't it?

athtrasna

I really want Mary Martin to come to my door or to meet her at the supermarket or somewhere. Independent only because she didn't get a FF nomination and she has the cheek to use a patronising tag line on her posters "Come on nmBan, vote for women". Well actually I'll vote for who the hell I want and gender has nothing to do with it!!

Kev.

athtrasna wrote: »

I really want Mary Martin to come to my door or to meet her at the supermarket or somewhere. Independent only because she didn't get a FF nomination and she has the cheek to use a patronising tag line on her posters "Come on nmBan, vote for women". Well actually I'll vote for who the hell I want and gender has nothing to do with it!!

Couldn't believe I seen that tag line..unbelievable .

What does she think we are in the 1950s.

Unbelievable how out of touch she is

chucknorris

Just on a side note. It looks like the by-election will be also on May 23rd.
It won't be official until next Wednesday.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/shane-coleman/five-possible-byelections-this-year-should-throw-plenty-of-spice-into-the-coalition-mix-30209467.html

The biggest issue here is, if it is called Wednesday, anyone on the local election register will not be able to remove themselves from the local register if running for the by-election, even though they may not actually campaign in the local elections.

It would be an idea that the register be kept open until April 31st and allow candidates the opportunity to remove themselves from one or the other and help the electorate clear up the obvious confusion that will come with three different ballot papers.

LoonyLovegood

That's ridiculous, I thought they had to give more notice than that?

chucknorris

CTYIgirl wrote: »

That's ridiculous, I thought they had to give more notice than that?

The Dail resumes Wednesday and that's when it's predicated to be called.

A three week by-election campaign - for a seat in the Dail. Unusual. :rolleyes:

ciaran76

:mad: More posters!!!

chucknorris

ciaran76 wrote: »

:mad: More posters!!!

I doubt it, as there is literally no where to put them.

I was heading down the Navan rd in to the city last night and noticed countless of them on traffic signs etc. It's those polls that the authorities really don't take lightly. They are impediments to drivers.

Finglas Incubus

chucknorris wrote: »

I doubt it, as there is literally no where to put them.

Second that. The sight over the bridge from the Clonsilla Road to Riverwood is laughable, Every piece of lamppost real estate has been eaten up with many of the posters (FF in particular) down @ eye level. A precedent has certainly been set this year in terms of posters-per-pole ratio....

LoonyLovegood

I think I'm glad that I won't be going home for another two weeks then

chucknorris

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I think I'm glad that I won't be going home for another two weeks then

The sun is shining - you don't know what you're missing. These days don't come along too often.