Letters / Desperate act by a few
I read with much concern that yet another charitable trust meeting has been arranged for next Monday, I presume, to force through £6.3M for Viking Energy.
I was hoping that the trustees, who seem so hell bent on railroading this money through, would have listened to the arguments put forward by councillor Grains at the last meeting and left this decision to a new set of trustees.
This is exactly the kind of behaviour that has brought discredit to the outgoing council and has completely eroded the Shetland people’s confidence in our ability to manage our own affairs properly and democratically.
I do hope that sense prevails and that trustees see this as a desperate act by a few trustees who seem afraid to let a new trust make this decision.
Yours,
Theo Smith
Candidate for Shetland West
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