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5th April 2008. 8000 protestors march along Union Street, Aberdeen to oppose cuts in council services being imposed by Aberdeen City Council, under spending restrictions from Scottish and UK Parliaments.
Peter Dow comments -
I, Peter Dow, was on that Aberdeen stop-the-cuts demonstration too carrying the Scottish National Standard, the Lion Rampant, and it was very well attended considering the dreadful cold, wet and windy weather for April. (What happened to that "global warming" we were promised?)
Although there was a rally at the end of the march, the public address system was poor and it was impossible to hear most of the speeches from the speakers from the various services being cut unless you were at the front right next to the speakers. Most of the crowd could not hear so it was no wonder that most of them drifted away.
Councillor Kate Dean, ACC Leader
Cllr. Kevin Stewart, ACC Deputy Leader
Douglas Paterson, ACC Chief Executive
The elected politicians responsible for this financial chaos cheekily turned up and got a hearing too and they were ever so keen to blame the other parties as per usual without pausing to consider that their own party's support for the Queen's state misruling Scotland for so many years, has left Aberdeen in such a budget mess.
At least I couldn't blame one of the speakers for supporting the Queen's state - Neil from Sheridan's Solidarity - as I guess that Solidarity may be falling out (and not before time for a Scottish republican socialist) with the Queen's courts now that Sheridan is up in court on perjury charges arising from the most unwise court action he initiated before the Queen's judges in Edinburgh?
It was particularly surprising that the Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council Douglas Paterson got away so lightly, with few calls for him to go, after mismanaging the city for so many years and being utterly unable to advise the councillors competently.
Now since it does seem to be an emergency situation for my home city of Aberdeen, if the Council does get round to sacking the Chief Executive, I would be prepared to step in to serve the city on a voluntary, temporary basis as a stand-in Chief Executive in place of Paterson until such time as these essential city services were re-instated. Not that the Councillors are at all likely to ask me to take over or anything but I feel it is my duty to offer anyway.
From Scottish Republican News
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