Hello Val,
A few people have contacted me to commiserate that I was not successful in being elected in the local Najac elections. Apart from being surprised that anyone would know (until someone mentioned they had read it on your blog) I thought a few words may be useful to give context. I was asked and eventually agreed to standing in the municipal elections so to complete a team of 15 in opposition to the current mayor and his own team.
As a foreigner, resident and working in France and as an agriculteur selling organic produce locally it was felt I could add something to the campaign. The team had a very interesting agenda which stood a chance of saving Najac falling off a very short plank, if it is to be any thing other that a summer tourist destination - we did get a 3rd of the vote which was not too bad for a radical agenda. Unfortunately no one in our team got in which is not too surprising given the Najac demographic and predicted support for the existing status quo.
We (the team) will continue to lobby to press this agenda and hopefully influence the councillors and mayor to consider, in a practical sense, what is to be done to revitalise the village. If any of your readers would like to discuss any of the ideas we put forward I would be very pleased to have a conversation, especially for your readers who live in the commune.
Thanks Val
Regards
Jamie
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Val says Well done Jamie for being integrated enough to be involved and we would love to hear more about your reasons for this at some point.
Some of us who live here full time are so keen to integrate and understand local problems and politics and help do something about it... one of my expressions - "it does your heart good"
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