tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post6000882312122702539..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: More Carmarthenshire 'Democracy'caebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-82155103693768984202011-09-02T21:06:12.120+01:002011-09-02T21:06:12.120+01:00It would be interesting to get some feedback from ...It would be interesting to get some feedback from local people in the Llandeilo area to see whether the council's claims stand up. In Newcastle Emlyn, Age Concern has made several appeals for volunteer drivers to bring elderly people from the surrounding villages, and it is clear that transport is a problem under the new arrangements.<br /><br />As usual, Carmarthenshire is being less than honest in making these claims about greater flexibility and improved access. The council's own report recommending closure of the clubs stated that the council had not been applying its eligibility criteria. So in what way are the WRVS, etc. more flexible?<br /><br />They have been caught time and again making inflated claims and manipulating information in order to force through measures (e.g. the Llanelli care home closure). That amounts to lying in most people's books.<br /><br />No surprise that they will not allow debate or discussion of the two motions. Democracy in action, Carmarthenshire style.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-58611780936147748342011-09-02T20:51:43.849+01:002011-09-02T20:51:43.849+01:00@Bob
Quite. The public should only be excluded if ...@Bob<br />Quite. The public should only be excluded if there is a disruption or if there is an exempt report, there is no additional reason ie filming, which has nothing to do with either.<br /><br />As for the undertaking signed at the police station under duress, clearly it was no more 'binding' than the one the council is now insisting upon. <br />However, it is a simple fact that if I don't sign on Monday (unless they've seen sense and abandoned the whole idea by now??)then I will be obstructed from attending the meeting. As a blogger, I wish to go to attend simply to hear and report on what is said (if anything) and decided, about the three items - rather than waiting for the unrepresentative minutes to appear. To film or record proceedings would, of course, give further accuracy to my account. But it is unlikely that CCC have undergone a flash of enlightened transparency.<br />It is also unlikely the 'policy' will be reviewed at the meeting; I suspect, as do the Cllrs who proposed the motion, it will be thrown out as 'considerations' are, apparently, underway.<br />We'll see.caebrwynhttp://www.carmarthenplanning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-90087264307647474202011-09-02T19:40:42.257+01:002011-09-02T19:40:42.257+01:00@Anonymous
I can only see who a few visitors are, ...@Anonymous<br />I can only see who a few visitors are, and these are organisations, one of which is Carms CC who have been very regular visitors since I started writing the blog in 2009 - although there has been a surge of interest of late. They are welcome, of course, to leave comments.caebrwynhttp://www.carmarthenplanning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-68501012158721514422011-09-02T18:00:54.844+01:002011-09-02T18:00:54.844+01:00Ha ha ha! I hadn't even realised until recent...Ha ha ha! I hadn't even realised until recently that you knew who visited your blog, let along for how long! Carms CC for 3 hours! How gratifying for you - and how very complimentary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-26024754876551348342011-09-02T10:25:18.395+01:002011-09-02T10:25:18.395+01:00The 'terms of attendance' are very clearly...The 'terms of attendance' are very clearly stated in the constitution - the public may attend subject ONLY to the exceptions listed, which do not include filming - the signed undertakings seem to be flagrantly unconstitutional, by introducing new exceptions on top of those specifically listed in the rules as being the ONLY exceptions permitted. The LGA gives a framework the council must adhere to in drafting its constitution, the constitution gives the rules the council actually commits to adhere to - and it is in breach of them. The council's solicitors have previously been heard to give specific misleading incorrect advice about the provisions regarding filming in the constitution, claiming such provisions existed - they don't. <br /><br />As for your signing the undertaking - firstly, have you not already done so, under coercion from Dyfed Powys Police whilst in their custody? If they regard these things as in any way binding (they're not) then why would the one already previously signed not be just as valid? Secondly, did they not set a limit of not filming until the policy was reviewed? In which case, it's being reviewed in that meeting so the undertaking surely only actually lasts until that point.Bobnoreply@blogger.com