Friday 1st of April was a huge success as Assembly Candidate Russell George launched his official campaign at Newtown Football Club. A packed room enjoyed a tasty meal before an exciting promise auction with prizes including a villa in Spain and a day's Formula Ford racing!Mr George has led a campaign to ease Newtown’s traffic problems and has pledged to improve the North South road links, including the Newtown by-Pass.
He said at the launch:
“We have many local issues that are threatening our communities. I am particularly focused on the issues that matter to people in Montgomeryshire; the Welsh Conservatives will help to create jobs by abolishing business rates for the majority of small businesses. My party opposes large scale wind farms and if elected I will take the opposite view from Mick Bates, our outgoing AM for Montgomeryshire and bring pressure on Ministers to have this disgraceful policy withdrawn and redrafted. “I also propose to fight plans by Liberal Democrat Councillors to remove sixth forms from some of our excellent community schools. I believe that schools should make the decisions over their future and have control over their budgets. Although we have had a recent commitment from the Transport Minister regarding Newtown’s traffic problems following my campaign, I will keep fighting until we get that first vehicle onto the bypass and the Kerry Road Roundabout restored. My party is fully committed to delivering a bypass for Newtown.”
Mr George also claimed that “The Welsh Conservatives are the only party to commit to increasing the NHS budget in Wales”.
Mr Davies also showed his support for Mr George at the launch.
He said: “Russell is an experienced County Councillor and a true local man who is already fully involved in the issues that matter to people. The Welsh Assembly has let us down in Mid Wales, and the plans that designate our area as suitable for wind farm development which have been fully supported by the Liberal Democrats are disgraceful. I fully opposed these plans when I was an Assembly Member and I am pleased that Russell will call for this disgraceful policy to be withdrawn. Russell will give Montgomeryshire the representation it needs and deserves.”