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OBSERVING CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SINCE 2009...

Friday, 30 September 2011

In the Shadows of County Hall

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I have, over time, whilst trawling through council documents and agendas noticed mysterious 'referrals' from the 'Business Mana...
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Thursday, 29 September 2011

What's a few £million?

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The next meeting of the Audit Committee will be 'signing off' the council's accounts, drafts of which were prepared earlier this...
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Round of Golf? That'll be £200k please...and other news

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I see from today's Carmarthen Journal that the council have finally, after a year, managed to offload the failing Garnant Golf Club af...
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Democracy in Action

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Well, I was very pleased with the Petition Committee's response to my petitions. (Filming meetings and publishing spending details ov...
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Council Tax Protest

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Following my August post 'Too close for comfort' , the lady concerned, Tessa Finch from Kidwelly is persevering with her battl...
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Monday, 19 September 2011

Petitions now closed...but my efforts continue..

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Just to say that my two petitions to the Welsh Assembly closed today. As I have mentioned, numerous times, one was to require Councils to w...

Single Status Struggles

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(please see today's update further down this post) Further to my previous post, 'New pay proposals - resistance growing...'  I...
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Saturday, 17 September 2011

Saturday Night Smile

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with grateful thanks to @publicwatcher on Twitter
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Carry on Council - The Farce Continues...

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A few words about today's visit to the full council meeting at County Hall (turned out to be quite a few words). I was yet again asked ...
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Monday, 12 September 2011

The unspent Section 106 money

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Pleased to see the crossing finally installed outside Llandeilo's two primary schools a few weeks ago. I assume it was paid for with th...
Friday, 9 September 2011

The Burning Issue

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Returning again to the burning issue of the apparent lack of fire and safety assessments for the Public Gallery, County Hall, I have had si...
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Thursday, 8 September 2011

New Pay Proposals - resistance growing...

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This week's Carmarthen Journal   reports on the proposed changes to pay and conditions for Carmarthenshire Council staff. The Council ...
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Filming in courts; news from Pembrokeshire, and public health priorities

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Yesterday's recommendations to film inside UK courts didn't go unnoticed by Caebrwyn, who feels yet again that there is no excuse ...
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Improvement Grant Troubles - Carmarthenshire

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Having read of many complaints and problems regarding the improvement grant system across several Welsh Authorities, it was only a matter o...
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Monday, 5 September 2011

Executive Board Whitewash - the farce continues...

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Well I am back home after this morning's trip to County Hall (just to re-assure the Council that although I failed to 'sign out...
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BBC; 'Carmarthenshire Council urged to allow meeting filming'

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With regards to today's Executive Board meeting there is an article on BBC Wales Online this morning; "Ruling members of a coun...
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Thursday, 1 September 2011

More Carmarthenshire 'Democracy'

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Following on from Friday's post about next Monday's Executive Board (5th Sept) meeting, a statement has come my way from County Cl...
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

The Council asks the Senedd for Advice on Filming

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At the end of July, my Assembly Member, Rhodri Glyn Thomas wrote to the Chief Executive expressing his support for calls to ensure that cou...
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Cllr Gravell Makes a Vow

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I read this morning that Carmarthenshire Council Leader, Meryl Gravell has vowed to do  "anything and everything in my power" to ...
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Friday, 26 August 2011

Executive Board; Pantecelyn, Day Centres and Filming Council Meetings

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I see that the Agenda has been published for the next Executive Board meeting on the 5th September 2011 (10 am). There are three items of i...
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Dyfed Powys Police - Data Protection Response

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I have had a response to my data protection request from Dyfed Powys Police. There's not much, and I hope I can safely assume there sho...
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Too Close for Comfort

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Another fine example of a carefully considered planning decision from Carmarthenshire County Council?....the correspondent's tiny yar...
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Pembrokeshire Council Slated

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Just over the border Pembrokeshire County Council have come under a severe slating over the past few days following the publication last we...
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