Plans and Policies

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04b785a3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="056633e0.gif" border=0 width="99" height="62" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="3" VSPACE="0"></B><B>Councillor Keith Martin </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>     | </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Member of Westport Town Council</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Councillor Keith Martin "><U>Home</U></A><B> |    </B><A HREF="http://politicalquote.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://politicalquote.blogspot.com/"><U>Keith's BLOG</U></A> <B> </B> <A HREF="keith.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" About Keith"><U>   About Keith</U></A>   |   <A HREF="news21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>   |   <B>Plans and Policies</B>   |   <A HREF="committeework.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Committee work"><U>Committee work</U></A>   |   <A HREF="downloads.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"><U>Downloads</U></A>   |   <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Keith"><U>Contact Keith</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Book shop"><U> Book shop</U></A>   |   <A HREF="join5b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Join Keith"><U>Join Keith</U></A>   |   <A HREF="vote_barrett_no_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vote Barrett "><U>Vote Barrett </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="1cb4c5e0.jpg" border=0 width="76" height="94" ALT="Cllr Keith Martin of Westport Town Council, Westport, Mayo. www.votekeithmartin.com visit politicalquote.blogspot.com" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I>Plans and Policies</I><I>  <a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c14.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1442031&java=0&security=e966e4d3&invisible=1" alt="hit counter" border="0"></a>   </I></div> <div> <A HREF="manifesto2004.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manifesto 2004"><U>Click here for Keith's 2004 Election Manifesto</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <U>Food and Craft Market in Westport</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>Fairtrade in Westport</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>Movie Making in Mayo</U></div> <div> Keith has been the driving force for a Film Board to promote Mayo as a venue for filming.  His work in this area has so far culminated in the establishment of a contact office for film making in the Community Development Directorate of Mayo County Council.  Keith has also work closely with recent filming in the county such as RTE's <A HREF="film6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="more filming to Mayo"><U>The Last Furlong</U></A> and the <A HREF="filmachill.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feature Film Confirmed"><U>Feature Film Secret of the Cave</U></A></div> <div> Keith continues to work towards the establishment of a film office for Mayo.  Keith successfully argued for Westport Town Council to establish a €7,500 fund to promote Westport Town as a venue for filming.</div> <div> Keith is currently working with the Local Authorities, film makers and the Irish Film Board to bring more film making to Mayo and Westport.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Heritage Inventory for Westport</U></div> <div> Keith also steered a €5,000 provision for a Heritage Inventory for Westport through Westport Town Council's 2006 budget.  The Inventory will be an invaluable aid for the protection of the heritage of Westport. </div> <bR> <div> <U>Barcelona Committee </U></div> <div> Keith also pushed for the establishment of a Barcelona Committee for Westport and works closely with the representatives of Westport's disabled community and with organisations such as the Family Resource Centre to improve access in the town.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Unwaged Discounts</U></div> <div> Keith had lobbied councillors and management for a discount for Unwaged and Single Income families for Westport Leisure Park which is owned by the Town Council.  The discounts were introduced in 2005</div> <bR> <div> <U>Northwoods Replanting</U></div> <div> A provisional grant has been approved for the Replanting of the Northwoods.  Keith was on the original committee which brought this grant proposal to the council  A major condition of the grant is the involvement of the neighbouring estates in the replanting of the woodland.</div> <div> Keith has been a campaigning for the replanting of the area for several years, beginning with a petition he took up in 1999 protesting about the deforestation of the Northwoods area.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" > </FONT></div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>