Freebird florist Petition

To Mike Rumbles MSP and Councillor Richard Stroud,

We, the undersigned, believe it is unreasonable to impose a 66% rent hike on the 'FREEBIRD' florist and pet shop in Alford. Given your responsibility to represent the interests of the community and the businesses intrinsic to their well-being, we request you make an arrangement that allows FREEBIRD to continue trading successfully.

There are 83 entries in the petition.
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Name	Comments
Terence Gosling	Signed on: Tue 06 Feb 2007 13:36:18 GMT the shop is so useful please keep it open, it is necessary.    best regards Terry
cathy sharpe	Signed on: Wed 31 Jan 2007 13:16:41 GMT Used to supply Dee with little arty gifts and she always payed promptly,  there again its the up fronters that so called bully bigwigs like to knock to the back.  Good Luck Dee, you deserve better treatment than this
Sue & Jim Watson	Signed on: Sun 21 Jan 2007 10:40:20 GMT We would miss Dee and her shop. Alford needs small businesses to maintain an atmosphere for shopping that is not dominated by the likes of Tesco, etc. It is nice to go into a shop, know the people who serve you by name and be able to buy different things under the same roof. Please help her to stay where she is.
Craig Callard	Signed on: Tue 16 Jan 2007 13:55:18 GMT I think yet again the councillors in Aberdeenshire have shown nothing short of utter contept to local businesses. If they put more effort into protecting businesses like this and less on lining their own pockets and self-interest... local people have had enough.
Claire	Signed on: Sun 14 Jan 2007 17:19:52 GMT It would be a shame to loose such a good business with friendly, helpful staff, where else would I go for my dog food and flowers not to mentoin gift cards and baloons? SAVE FREEBIRD!
Barrie Robertson	Signed on: Sat 13 Jan 2007 12:22:43 GMT Save Freebird
VJ Stewart	Signed on: Fri 12 Jan 2007 16:47:07 GMT Hoping Council reviews - and deals with this situation satisfactorily, and sensibly, making it possible for Freebird to remain open and continue to provide much needed and valued service
Ray Peat	Signed on: Fri 12 Jan 2007 00:40:51 GMT I hope some compromise can be reached. It will be a shame if Dee has to close after putting in so much hard work over the years. The service she provides will be sorely missed. Despite Aberdeenshire's efforts to localise local government, I wonder if this is evidence that in some aspects the 'big government' attitude of one size fits all is still alive and kicking?
Shirley-Anne Kirby	Signed on: Wed 10 Jan 2007 23:07:44 GMT one by one the little shops close because they can't keep up the fight against the big boys. Without the support of the council what hope do small villages have. We used to be a nation of shopkeepers and now we are a nation of supermarkets and villages have no real sense of identity. Let's not turn Alford into a ghost town - let's keep it special! The locals are willing to support this - that much is clear from the number of signatures on a petition for a small shop in a rural village. Listen to those voices... PLEASE!
richie duncan	Signed on: Wed 10 Jan 2007 20:38:05 GMT Councillors?  They sound more like gangsters. Somebody should lock them up.

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