Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

See later post, November 2017; The Mark James business empire - Nothing to declare! -------------------------------------------------...

Freedom of Information responses from Carmarthenshire Council can be a mixed bag. Sometimes they try to baffle you with b******t, (appo...

Yesterday's Executive board meeting included the first glimpse of the next budget, which will not be determined until next February....

See below for this week's Cadno opinion piece from the Carmarthenshire Herald. An interesting article, self-explanatory, and well w...

Further to the decision by the CPS to drop the prosecution against me, Y Cneifiwr has written an excellent analysis of it all here, inc...

Update 28th July - Senior salaries The adverts for the two posts were duly advertised a matter of hours after the meeting. A few days ...

Later post 17th July; CPS decision - Cneifiwr's analysis. And a complaint to the Wales Audit Office I was informed, late yesterda...

Update 14th October; The Wales Audit Office have informed me that "our local audit team is bringing our audit enquiries in respect...

The Council's Audit Committee meets next week (not webcast, and recordings are banned) and on the agenda, alongside the draft Statem...

I was interested to learn that the council have spent another £3m this year in exit packages bringing the total for the past three years...

Update 11th July;  I was informed yesterday that the CPS have dropped the case against me. A Discontinuance Notice is on its way. More l...

Interesting blogpost caught my attention this morning from a councillor in far-away Bradford, don't let the politics put you off, (h...

Its that time of year again when the public are allowed to enter County Hall and inspect the council's accounts, and should you unea...

July 2nd 2017; Later post here , hearing is on the 13th July * * * I have now been served with a written charge and postal requisit...

I'm sure many of us have been a bit distracted, or perhaps driven to distraction, by the general election campaign but the polls are...

Update 14th August 2017; Mr James and Cardiff Bay - the Western Mail reports Update 19th June 2017; A further post from Jac o' th...

Later post, 17th June; Police summons Further to matters outlined here , and subsequent to a formal interview on the 16th March, two p...

( 31st May - see added link) Yesterday's AGM was quite a subdued affair, these things usually are, more a formality than a means ...