I am disappointed that the SNP Group Leader is seeking to make political capital out of the Riverside Inverclyde Mid-Term Review.
If he had checked his facts he would have been aware that one of his SNP colleagues – former Councillor Chris Osborne – replaced me on the Board in 2008 and served through to the Council election in 2012.
I am sure that Scottish Government Ministers will be equally disappointed by his political opportunism. Riverside Inverclyde has been the subject of Ministerial oversight during the last 7 years. The Chair and Chief Executive have met regularly with Ministers and civil servants. RI’s business plans and funding bids have been closely scrutinised and subject to Ministerial approval. There is a standing invitation for civil servants to attend meetings of the RI board.
Scottish Government Ministers would not have provided RI with tens of millions of pounds of public money if they had not been satisfied that it was doing a reasonably good job in an extremely difficult economic climate.
The Mid-Term Review is a fair, balanced and honest assessment of the progress RI has made to date. It provides a blue print for greater focus for regeneration activity in Inverclyde so that we can make the most of reduced public funding in the years ahead.
Now is the time for parties to work together in the interests of the people of Inverclyde, not to indulge in petty political point scoring, which serves no useful purpose.
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