Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

A belated 'well done' to Plaid Cymru councillor Neil McEvoy for attempting to slash the pay packet of Cardiff's chief execut...

Update 4th November ; see later post - News in brief; by-election, barngate and library news - for a list of the candidates. -------...

Further to my previous post, the Auditor's report on the Statement of Accounts has now appeared on the agenda for Wednesday's Au...

Notable for its absence at next week's Audit Committee is the Wales Audit Office 'one off' report into two EU property grant...

Finally, nearly a year after the WLGA recommendation, and as from next week, Executive Board meetings will be webcast. Monday's meet...

The minutes, or what there are of them, have just been published for the last council meeting held on the 9th September. The meeting was...

Update 24th September ; Coincidentally, The Ecologist has surveyed all UK councils to determine the pension investments in fossil fuels...

Regular readers will be aware that I have a particular interest in the unlawful 'Libel indemnity clause' currently languishing i...

Members of the Council's Community Scrutiny Committee were surprised to learn on Monday that the Cross Hands East strategic employme...

One of the most unpopular proposals in February's council budget was to scrap the Meals on Wheels service. The Executive Board, at t...

This week's Herald features interviews with Labour group leader Jeff Edmunds and former leader, Kevin Madge. For the full det...

In my opinion, council meetings are not the place for prayers, of any persuasion. We are supposed to be in a democratic, inclusive 21st...

The council press office has clearly been busy trawling the national press and unearthed an article praising the delights of Pembrey Cou...

September 24th; Despite councillors at the scrutiny meeting asking to defer the consultation until further information could be gathered...

Update 10th September ; I asked Plaid Cymru AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas for a reaction to the reply I received yesterday from Mark James dep...

Next Wednesday's council meeting (9th Sept) is set to approve the limited changes to the Constitution decided at the Extraordinary m...

As I reported back in February, (see Six Red Cards ) the claim, often made by our Glorious Leaders, past and present, that Carmarthenshi...

Well, for the first time in living memory (almost) there are three Public Questions on next Wednesday's (9th September) full council...

Update 8th September; The agenda for the Community Scrutiny Committee (14th Sept) has now been published ( here ) and includes the det...

A recent row over the council's refusal to allow a homeowner to keep solar panels on his barn roof continued today on BBC Wales new...

The Autumn Term at County hall kicks off on Tuesday with an Executive Board meeting. The new (well, not so new now) Plaid leadership can...

It has been almost a year since I last wrote about Public Question Time at full council meetings , or the lack thereof. This week's ...