The people of Glenties are asking candidates in this year’s local and European elections not to cover their town in election literature.
Glenties Community Development Group are asking all political parties and their candidates not to erect political posters or any material promoting candidates in the town in the run-up to the May 24th voting.
The area includes all roads and areas with the town boundary of Glenties or within the 50kph speed limits.
Secretary of GCDG, Richard Quigley said this request is being made, as in previous years, to ensure the appearance of Glenties remains as pristine as possible approaching the summer months.
He said “We have an exceptionally hard working Tidy Towns Committee whose preparations for this year’s competition will be in full swing come election time.
“Additionally we are also planning a major project for the town’s streetscape under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and the presence of election material and associated cable ties only detract from the town and the hard work that is going on to improve the town’s appearance.
“We hope that all political parties, and their candidates, will respect this request and understand the reasoning behind it and also understand that this is something we have requested of political parties for some years now and the co-operation of all parties and candidates has been much appreciated thus far.
“We wish all candidates in the elections well and look forward to continued co-operation between us all.”
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