We live here. We care. So why are we being left out of decisions about our own city? It’s time for regeneration that puts people first — and a movement that turns anger into hope.
This is what has happened in Kelvingrove /Finnieston. Not the sell off of Council land, but the building by private developers of "housing for rent " at rates that local people can't afford. All the other bits of land have privately run student accommodation on them. In our area, we have very few pieces of green space and our community has been decimated. GCC talks about community, 20 minute neighbourhoods, and being green. They are only interested in quick financial wins that do not benefit community and are not green. How can you have 20 minute neighbourhoods when your family all have to leave the area for communities at least 40 minutes on the bus, if the bus, shows up at all. There is no democracy in GCC or in Glasgow. It is an SNP fiefdom and is only going to get worse.
The Splash is incredibly lucky to have Glasgow’s three best columnists — honest, straight-talking, and refreshingly no-nonsense voices that resonate with the majority of people.
100% Chris. Many years since there, but it is a beautiful oasis? No social housing? No way! You are being treated shamefully, fight back! I must pay a visit when next across the Clyde in C'Lang. Power to you!
This is what has happened in Kelvingrove /Finnieston. Not the sell off of Council land, but the building by private developers of "housing for rent " at rates that local people can't afford. All the other bits of land have privately run student accommodation on them. In our area, we have very few pieces of green space and our community has been decimated. GCC talks about community, 20 minute neighbourhoods, and being green. They are only interested in quick financial wins that do not benefit community and are not green. How can you have 20 minute neighbourhoods when your family all have to leave the area for communities at least 40 minutes on the bus, if the bus, shows up at all. There is no democracy in GCC or in Glasgow. It is an SNP fiefdom and is only going to get worse.
The Splash is incredibly lucky to have Glasgow’s three best columnists — honest, straight-talking, and refreshingly no-nonsense voices that resonate with the majority of people.
100% Chris. Many years since there, but it is a beautiful oasis? No social housing? No way! You are being treated shamefully, fight back! I must pay a visit when next across the Clyde in C'Lang. Power to you!
great piece Bravo to all