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The Bin Tax and the Local Elections
dublin |
bin tax / household tax / water tax |
opinion/analysis
Friday June 25, 2004 14:33 by Stato the sado
The results of the Local Elections show that the Bin Tax is still a very real issue. In areas where Anti Bin Tax candidates ran serious campaigns the resulting first preference vote was excellent considering the lack of finance and the voluntary nature of those campaigns. The results of the Local Elections show that the Bin Tax is still a very real issue. In areas where Anti Bin Tax candidates ran serious campaigns the resulting first preference vote was excellent considering the lack of finance and the voluntary nature of those campaigns. In the Dublin City Council area Joan Collins in Crumlin was the highlight, actually taking a seat but Brid Smith in Ballyfermot polled over 1,000 first preferences and Ciaran Perry in Cabra polled over 1,700 (Perry was within 90 votes of taking Bertie Ahern’s brothers supposedly ‘safe’ seat ). Mick Rafferty and Joe Mooney in North Inner City polled over 1,800 together. In Finglas John O’Neill polled over 800 first prefs while Dessie Ellis, who had a very high profile on the Bin Tax, topped the poll with nearly double the quota. In South Inner City Daithi Doolin, another Sinn Feiner who had a high profile on the Bin Tax, was elected with over 1,900 first prefs. Also in Ballyfermot, Vincent Jackson, who also opposes the Bin Tax, was elected with over 1,900 first prefs. Even those candidates who didn’t do the work but tried to use the issue polled a lot better than they usually do. Wingfield in Ballymun, Donohoe in SIC, Ryan in Ringsend and Brown in Artane all managed to break the 200 votes barrier!!! |
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