Sunday 13 February 2011

IMAGINARY SHOPPING COMES TO PAISLEY











With 23 empty store fronts on the Paisley High Street between Moss Street and Storie Street, 8  having tacky  imaginary  frontage makes a total of 31 empty shops. Of some of the rest, 6 being charity shops 1 a pawn shop 1 a 20p card shop and 1 an office block up for sale, Imagine the future of Paisley.











Imagine Council Leader Derek Mackay is a silly wee boy and likes playing with dolls houses, putting up make-believe shop front displays in the High Street. Maybe his mummy wouldn’t let him play with his sister’s dolls house when he was a little boy, about 6 months ago. This is possible after seeing his latest campaign to fool the good people of Paisley, it’s called imaginary shopping, and some may wonder how long the people of Paisley have to put up with this current SNP administration I know I do.











Councillor MacKay I must admit has not confirmed this he just keeps promising me a meeting and never keeps his promises; maybe he suffers from spoilt brat syndrome!    
What is happening to Paisley, in particular our Town Centre? Shops have closed all over Paisley Town Centre and the Renfrewshire Villages at an alarming rate. Every other shop in the Paisley High Street is without a tenant, and apart from a few actual retail shops the rest being a charity shop a pawn brokers, and  many empty shops deceitfully having been given imaginary frontage/makeover displays by the Council.










Albeit this is to disguise the real amount of empty stores, so people will not be alarmed by the lack of retailers at all, let alone quality retail stores Paisley High Street could attract. “Imagine your business here.”   The signs above the doors and in the window displays read, if you are observant enough to notice at all, if you didn’t notice the real number of vacant shops then you won’t be upset by something you are no wiser about. The Council is happy to try to fool the good people of Renfrewshire and Paisley into thinking the current administration is doing a great job with running our gaff however we know different  don’t we.  In Derek MacKay's wee world Paisley is now busy with Imaginary shoppers.

 It is time for voters to change the way they think and vote, looking to local people who they know and trust, in particular candidates who are Independent of any party. Independent Candidates are few and far between and frequently are excluded from any election events such as public debates and the subsequent press coverage going to the Party Candidates. Imagine a Council with even one true Independent Councilor who is only too happy to tell the people they serve the truth about their Councils operations, such as the Labour Party’s illegal Housing Policy which was imposed on Renfrewshire Citizens for 20 years, covered up and denied by both Labour and SNP.
In fact the SNP tried to keep the illegal Housing Policy only for the motion to be voted down by the Labour Party who had the benefit of being a bunch of Cowboys who DISCRIMINATED against homeless people in Renfrewshire for 20 years. No wonder our housing stock is a disgrace,
Who is to blame for the illegal Housing Policy, certainly our Public Officials in Senior Management in our Councils as well as the Councillors who knew about the illegal Housing Policy and were too week or corrupt to stand up and be counted, there were certainly enough Councillors on the board to state without a doubt a CONSPIRACY of ENORMOUS MAGNITUDE befell the good Citizens of Paisley and Renfrewshire?

11 comments:

  1. It was horrendous of the unionist parties to block the 'tesco' tax as that money could of benefited us rather than subsidise those parties with donations.

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  2. Gary, I've got to admit, I think the imaginary shop fronts are a brilliant idea. I live near Ayr and at the bottom of the High Street, a street that once boasted an entry in the Guinness book of records as the highest per capita spending anywhere in the UK including London, the empty shop fronts are a disgrace. The rest of the Street, apart from a few multiples is phone and charity shops. You have to remember that both Paisley, in particular, and Ayr have to compete with Silverburn and I'm afraid mate it's just a sign of the times. All the shops are there and there is adequate parking, something you don't get in Paisley or Ayr. Gary, next time you come onto my blog at least have the decency to leave an appropriate comment!

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  3. Your clock is out BTW, it's saying 15.40 and it's 23.42.

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  4. In reply to Small Shop, You are right about both points raised; the big Supermarkets can certainly afford the tax the same as the Banks. Your other point is of a more worrying and serious nature, if it can be proved it is clearly bribery offering and it is abuse of power if accepted by a political party or individual.

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  5. In reply to Dark Lochnagars comment.
    The imaginary shop fronts are a good idea if you are a major high street shop awaiting retail space being refurbished prior to being reused.
    On this occasion the use of the dummy frontage displays is to hide the fact that they have absolutely no chance of being let. They merely serve as a tool an illusion to fool the people of Renfrewshire and Paisley in to a false sense of well being. Think of the cost to the rate payer for the supply firstly from the printers then the fitting of the dummy displays units, both of which are very expensive.
    Better to spend any money on actually improving the tired appearance of the frontage and showcase a nice clean shop ready for occupancy with a TO LET sign, along with incentives offered to attract retailers to an otherwise negative retail space.
    Incentives offered could include discounted rates such as Marks and Spencer’s got for staying in Paisley. I believe it is one pound they are charged. (IF ANY ONE CAN CONFIRM PLEASE DO SO) other important steps would be to ensure parking, free of charge is available throughout the town centre in controlled areas.
    You bring up a good point regarding Silverburn, however we have both Silverburn and Breahead with Paisley Town Centre located smack in the middle. With this in mind it is imperative Renfrewshire Council properly asses the situation correctly and take any necessary action to stop the drastic loss of retail space in the High Street of Paisley along with other similar situations throughout Renfrewshire Villages and Towns.
    On reflection some may think it is a good idea to pretend the problem is not there at all, however the other retailers will be thinking it is time to leave if no positive action is taken by the Renfrewshire Administration. Led by an elected councillor who just laughs at me any time we meet, I have asked him 3 times now why he never even had the decency to acknowledge my correspondence to him. I have approximately a dozen instances of the young Master MacKay failing to even acknowledge my correspondences. If all he can do is snigger when asked a perfectly civil question then God help Paisley.

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  6. Snigger, snigger, snigger! Derek is in the imaginary toy shop playing with his action man!

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  7. Has anybody else noticed that Derek MckAY looks like one of the Milliband Brothers, Derek has a wiff of grey hair, he has been to Spec-Savers, wears a Burtons stupendous suit, drives a Lada, speaks with long pauses, maybe he is infact a long lost relation to the Millibands, Gary can you contact Cllr McKay and find out.

    Cheers
    Scot Clark

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  8. Hi Scot
    It would be a waste of time he just blanks me, from what I can gather anyone else who writes to him also.
    As for the grey hair he must be dying his hair as he is just out of his nappies. He does look like a young David Milliband I’ve seen a few pictures of him when he was in his nappies and he is a dead ringer for him. Perish the thought!

    Thanks for the humour.

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  9. I'm glad to see Mackay has ignored other too. He saw the writing on the wall and has now left Council politics.

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  10. In South Korean Tesco is actually using pretend shop fronts like these to run real shops. (or at least they did in a test) see this:
    http://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/09/world-first-virtual-store-opens-in.html

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  11. Stupif Fucking McKay! Die! Die! Die!

    bitch

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