Councillors take to the streets

Councillors McDonald and Turner recently initiated a new way for the public to raise issues with them by taking to the streets of the Baillieston ward. The two David’s set up a makeshift office on Baillieston Main Street to meet local people and to take action on solving local problems. The councillor received complaints about roads and pavements, littler, the condition of Barrchnie park, community policing and underage drinking.

This street surgery follows on from the recent school surgery held in Bannerman High and is one of the new ideas that Councillors McDonald and Turner are trying in order to make themselves more accountable and accessible to local people.

David McDonald said;

"It’s really important that politicians at every level are accessible to the people they represent. People often come across a problem in the street and forget to report it to the council later on, so hopefully by being out on the street people will see us and be able to report issues there and then. It has been very popular with local residents who aren’t used to seeing Councillors out and about in their community. For too long local politicians have been hidden away in their offices, I don’t think that is the way to serve people. We plan on holding many more street surgeries across the communities that we represent so if you see us on the street please come and see how we can help you”.