USE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE

Dyson Cleans Up • Published 14 Apr 2010 11:03

SOME of you may have noticed that there is an election campaign going on. It has become something of a done thing amongst many people to question why we should bother voting as all politicians are "as bad as one another" and not worth the bother.

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  IS THIS THE WAY FORWARD?

  ON the face of it the regeneration of Irvine and Kilwinning - not to mention the Three Towns - looks to be going ahead at near enough full steam. But let's get it out of the way from the off. Had there been no Irvine Bay URC then it is unlikely that there would have been much in the way of the investment seen over the past couple of years.

• ELMA HAS TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS

  I WILL hold my hands up and admit that, in general, this column has tended to err towards slating what I have personally perceived as negative - be it council policy or other such nonsense. So it may come as a surprise that I am going to dish out some praise on the council's new boss (for what my opinion is worth anyway...).