tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post1032807529133728339..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: The Cross Hands questioncaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-48189021806472086082016-01-05T20:03:29.015+00:002016-01-05T20:03:29.015+00:00Is anyone running a spreadsheet and database upon ...Is anyone running a spreadsheet and database upon this..<br /><br />Maybe we can make a spreadsheet up ourselves, and compare things..<br /><br />This is exiting stuff, and kinda wanna check my IT skills againt a real world target.. where target = deviation from estimate - final<br /><br />We can do a FOI request anyway.. Peter mash Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11865472290331124437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-64417406237400775382015-12-23T09:36:39.785+00:002015-12-23T09:36:39.785+00:00In response to my two former readers, I can unders...In response to my two former readers, I can understand why you feel that way. For the record, I joined Plaid Cymru some time after starting the blog, and I did so for a whole variety of reasons, only some of which were connected to the what was happening in the County Council.<br /><br />As Jacqui can tell you, writing a blog like this takes a lot of time and effort. Writing opinion pieces is easy enough, but a lot of the posts involve a great deal of fact checking, reading and ceaseless searching and monitoring. <br /><br />A growing workload away from blogging and some serious family medical issues, meant that something had to give. The general election and the change in the leadership of the County Council seemed like a good point to stop because they marked the beginning of a new chapter.<br /><br />But following the ups and downs of Carmarthenshire County Council is addictive. Perhaps - just perhaps - Cneifiwr will sharpen up his shears and return to the fray in 2016. Stranger things have happened, especially in County Hall.<br /><br />Nadolig llawen i chi i gyd.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-79231954431210023452015-12-23T01:21:38.108+00:002015-12-23T01:21:38.108+00:00And a PS to Cneifiwr.
I used to enjoy your blog. ...And a PS to Cneifiwr.<br /><br />I used to enjoy your blog. <br />It was always well reasoned and fair but with a slight Plaid slant. Why not, it was a reasonable position to take.<br />The last lot of LabInds were dreadful and Plaid offered a great opportunity for fairness and openness.<br />Then Plaid unexpectedly gained control (after a big Labour cock up ) and weeks later you decided to stop your blog. A bit of a coincidence?<br />How about some comment from you on the current administration? I notice that even your response above seems to draw attention away to Cardigan etc. Hmmmmm<br /><br />Bring your blog back Cneifiwr and start shearing a few Plaid sheep. Foxes don't seem to get them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-60099486428764565572015-12-23T00:59:49.789+00:002015-12-23T00:59:49.789+00:00Jacqui, I wish you a Happy Christmas and thank you...Jacqui, I wish you a Happy Christmas and thank you for your hard work keeping us Carms residents up to date.<br /><br />But it really is depressing reading for us all who voted Plaid expecting a better and more honest governance after the previous shambles. What a disgraceful arrogant bunch this council is. I don't think next year will be any better unless there is some sort of governmental inquiry, but I'm not holding my breath.<br /><br />Diolch Jacqui a Nadolig LLawenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-2379609010433400282015-12-22T22:02:42.867+00:002015-12-22T22:02:42.867+00:00Cneifiwr, as a long time loyal reader of your blog...Cneifiwr, as a long time loyal reader of your blog I can't believe what you did!<br /><br />You criticised the Labour/Independent Council administration through your web site for years then as soon as the Plaid Cymru administration took over CCC you decide enough is enough. Not even admitting that it was because you didn't want to criticise your Party.<br /><br />Plaid's antics have also been so shabby since they took over that the absence of your blog and the political reasons you quit is even more pronounced!<br /><br />You've written about the topic covered by Jacqui here on your blog before so why could you not carry on writing about general issues? Why should the criticisms no longer exist or topic be discussed now that Plaid is responsible for the council?<br /><br />I don't want to appear entitled to read your blog but I was disappointed that you weren't up front about the reasons you quit when you did.<br /><br />If you had said it was because Plaid took over then I would still think it was gutless and a copout, but it would at least be upfront.<br /><br />Anyway, merry christmas to you and Jacqui.<br /><br />Maybe in the new year you will realise that your public service duties are better served by informing the public via your blog than propping up Plaid Cymru and its awful regime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-42652356359221149942015-12-18T15:56:12.984+00:002015-12-18T15:56:12.984+00:00In fairness, Cllr Lemon has been ill, and it is go...In fairness, Cllr Lemon has been ill, and it is good to see him back in harness.<br /><br />A more interesting question is how Hywel Dda gets away with this sort of thing.<br />Over in Cardigan there have been years and years of delay in building a replacement for the existing hospital, which has been allowed to become very run down.<br /><br />The debate had already been running for longer than most of us care to remember when up popped Sainsbury's with a plan to build a large supermarket, petrol station and some smaller shops on a green field site next to the town centre. The new hospital was supposed to be built on part of the same site. Eventually the bulldozers moved in, roads and roundabouts were built, and what had been a meadow with some nice old trees was transformed into an industrial wasteland.<br /><br />Years more went by, and although Sainsbury's has never said it is pulling out, nobody is now expecting the plan to go ahead. Hywel Dda, meanwhile, has dragged its feet endlessly, and it began to look as though the new hospital would not be built either. Now it has finally given the go-ahead for what is in effect a glorified doctor's surgery, with no beds.<br /><br />This may sound strangely familiar to people in Cross Hands, where the promised new medical centre turns out not to be even in the planning stage, and no budget has been allocated.<br /><br />In both cases we have projects which were sold on the basis that hundreds of jobs would be created, with Hywel Dda joining in the marketing with promises of new facilities which turned out to be completely empty.<br /><br />If Cardigan is anything to go by, Cross Hands will still be waiting for its new medical centre in 2025.<br /><br /><br />Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-71069848892567912002015-12-18T07:26:48.478+00:002015-12-18T07:26:48.478+00:00How long can Ministers in their ivory tower contin...How long can Ministers in their ivory tower continue turning a blind eye to this disastrous council. How long do the long suffering tax payers of Carmarthenshire have to keep putting up with them. Ministers have been and are part of the problem because they do nothing in the face of overwhelming evidence of total chaos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-47331668482288465752015-12-17T19:55:27.008+00:002015-12-17T19:55:27.008+00:00I fear "special measures" beckons on the...I fear "special measures" beckons on the sky line. Time to be merry for Carmarthen County Council? I think not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-45299546623234967692015-12-17T18:53:17.284+00:002015-12-17T18:53:17.284+00:00Cllr Lemon attended 2 out of 15 meetings (accordin...Cllr Lemon attended 2 out of 15 meetings (according to C.C.Council website), so he is obviously in touch with happenings !!<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com