SNP councillors respond to halting site criticism - Aberdeenshire

From the Inverurie Herald

Ellon and District’s SNP councillors have hit back at remarks by a ward colleague over a proposed Travellers halting site in the North-east.

Councillor Gillian Owen criticised the party’s members on the local authority, accusing them of adopting a “NIMBY approach” at a recent council meeting to the proposed use of Aikey Brae.

Officials are now working on a wider strategy for providing stop-over sites following a vote against the Old Deer location.

Ellon Councillor Rob Merson said: “I am very disappointed that Councillor Owen should have attempted to resort to cheap political point-scoring in the sensitive matter of the provision of a Gypsy/Traveller temporary halting site at Aikey Brae.

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