Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

I am now officially an independent candidate for the County Council elections on May 3rd! I handed in my nomination papers this morning at C...

A call-in request has been made to the Welsh Government concerning the proposed Sainsbury store in Llandeilo by William Powell, Lib Dem Ass...

A must read post on the Delyth Jenkins case from Y Cneifiwr; "...Whereas the council could have co-operated with the BBC, apologised ...

The Council's Audit Committee is meeting next week, it's been six months since the last meeting so there should be plenty to scrutin...

Sainsburys look likely to make out like bandits at next week's Planning Committee meeting with two supermarkets recommended for approva...

Further to my post Well done Delyth Jenkins , and as promised, here's a link to Tuesday's broadcast of Taro 9 on BBC iPlayer, Englis...

I am sure that, in desperation for some good news, Carmarthenshire Council will be flushed with pride to announce their recent success at th...

Interesting letter in this week's Carmarthen Journal which highlights the problems of standing as an independent candidate in the forth...

I hope as many people as possible watched Taro 9 this evening on S4C. It told the shocking story of the abuse of a vulnerable lady at a Day ...

When I noticed that last week's Executive Board were discussing a draft  "overarching tripartite compact agreement", I sensed ...

Today happens to be the third birthday of this blog. It would have been great to be able to say that things had improved and the council had...

and reply;

With a slightly different set of attendees, and with Joyce Watson AM (Labour) in the Chair, the Senedd Petitions Committee closed my two pet...

Further to this post; Pantycelyn School - The Last Stand , I understand that Thursday's oral hearing for permission for a Judicial Revi...

Back to County Hall again this morning for the last full council meeting before the election on May 3rd. After  having given names and addre...

Recent minutes of the Regeneration & Leisure Scrutiny Committee brought up a subject which some council officials would rather was forgo...

As regular readers will be aware I am interested in issues around Codes of Conduct and Declarations of Interest. Of course, if declarations...

Could help but notice our Council has won another 'award' (which I'm sure will look splendid alongside the one from Private Ey...

As I have made clear in the heading of this blog, I intend to stand for election on May 3rd for the county council as an independent candida...

I, and others, are still pondering about the peculiar generosity shown by the Council to the evangelical 'bowling alley' project led...

For those battling to stop Carmarthenshire County Council from closing Pantycelyn secondary school, Llandovery, the fight goes on. This is d...

Interesting article today from BBC Wales Online. The Ombudsman's comments were triggered by a case in Flintshire Council where the lega...

I don't seem to be getting very far with my request to Carmarthenshire Council for 'Details of officers expenses' (thirteen seni...

Pleased to see that Pembrokeshire blogger, Old Grumpy, is back, fresh from his recent battles with the Ombudsman. Enjoy. http://www.oldgru...

Well, after looking at accounts of recent council budget meetings around the UK, I imagined today's meeting to be a lengthy, detailed de...