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Is the Go Ape proposal in Pollok park the straw that broke the camels back? Glasgow council need to realise pretty sharply that their behaviour with regards the atrocious “public consultation” has antagonised a lot of people in Glasgow. There was a palpable sense at both the Go Ape meeting, and the recent ‘future of shawlands’ meeting that the council is disregarding the views of the public it is supposed to represent.

Antagonised voters can be organised into an effective campaign, as the Save Pollok Park campaign demonstrates. Just because we’ve been ignored in the past, it does not mean we’re happy to let that continue.

So Glasgow council should probably start sitting up and paying attention, particular the Labour councillors in the council. Whatever the outcome of the Go Ape campaign, a great number of people have come together and co-ordinated their campaigning efforts, and that’s not likely to disappear afterwards. Welcome then Cross Glasgow!, part of the Cross Glasgow alliance.

The Cross Glasgow! weblog is well worth adding to your bookmarks and feeds as it takes shape. Maybe the Glasgow councillors (most of whom don’t appear to have heard of the internet) will start sitting up and paying attention before the next election? If not, they may get a bit of a shock.

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