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Girvan Rotary Club in legal bid to save pool

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Published Date: 24 June 2009
GIRVAN Rotarians have voted unanimously to take legal action if South Ayrshire Council persists with its intention of demolishing the town pool complex.
Incoming president Iain Brown - former owner of the Carrick Gazette - said after the club's weekly meeting on Tuesday night that his members had agreed to do "whatever it takes" to save the swimming baths, up to and including applying for a judicia
l review of the local authority's handling of the situation.
According to the white-haired warrior: "Should South Ayrshire Council decide to press ahead, the Rotary Club of Girvan will seek a judicial review which will force the council to come up with an explanation and state their case for closing the pool."
The fundraising philanthropists - motto 'Service Above Self' - have been involved in the campaign to have the habour amenity reopened ever since its closure without prior consultation at the start of the year.
Many members joined the ranks of the thousands of protestors who marched through Ayr to County Buildings in a mass display of opposition to draconian spending cuts.
As reported in last week's newspaper, the SAC Leadership Panel had agreed 'on the nod' a raft of tough measures in an attempt to cope with the international economic crisis.
These included closing two primary schools and tearing down the pool, Pavillion and public toilets.
However, Girvan Community Council chairman Alec Clark said after the decision was announced: "South Ayrshire Council should hang their heads in shame. They are a disgrace to their office."
And he said an area like Carrick, with comparatively few civic amenities, should only be paying a percentage of the council tax levied on more privileged districts such as Troon and Prestwick.
Now Mr Clark is urging residents to support a mass lobby of County Buildings before it is too late to save the threatened facilities.
At the June meeting of the community council, an engineer had questioned the council's projected costs for restoration of the baths.
But, writing in the paper this week, SNP Councillor Alec Oattes says the case for closure is overwhelming and it is time for campaigners to get behind new plans for Carrick.




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  • Last Updated: 24 June 2009 2:15 PM
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  • Location: Girvan, Scotland
 
 

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