open letter to council leader regarding Stornoway Primary

Dear Roddie,

I write to you regarding the ongoing issues relating to Stornoway Primary school which you will be aware of having been present at the committees where it has been discussed.

Windfarms, Crofting Communities and Crofters.

For the last three centuries and more, these Islands (and much of the highlands) have been ruthlessly, or at times, benignly, exploited for profit - from the debilitating wretchedness of the kelp industries to land clearances for the creation of sheep farms, from the erosion of our fishing industry by default to the more recent non-realisation of any real economic benefit from the 1970’s/80’s/90’s oil related businesses that were engaged in support of the exploitation of North sea oil. 

Crofting and wind energy policy

1) The SNP Comhairle Group wholeheartedly supports Crofters in their aspirations to own and operate Wind Energy Companies which pertain to their grazing rights.