Bournemouth Council

Bored of this now. I pay my council tax, try to get lights working and potholes fixed.

2 weeks a year to pour over the Council's accounts

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Latest musings

Wed 5th Dec 2007:

On the trial of Tigger

Tonight saw the latest installment of the excesses of Party Politics in local government.

Wed 24th Oct 2007:

Pavilion: 'no wrong-doing over the casino deal' (Letter to Echo)

Conservative Leader Cllr MacLoughlin told the Echo that it had been 'concluded there was no wrong-doing over the casino deal.' And so, Adrian Fudge has now been thanked properly for 20 years service to this town as a Councillor.

Mon 27th Aug 2007:

The role of representatives in a representative democracy

A documentary last week looked at road (motorway) building over the last few decades, and the pain it'd caused in the communities that they ran through.

Sat 26th May 2007:

Pay and Discard

There was quite a large amount of media coverage this week following the publication of the English Waste strategy.

Wed 23rd May 2007:

'Consultation'

The cabinet debated the Lansdowne strategy today. 'We need meaningful consultation' said Cllr Beesley.

They make better pickles than I do

The Bournemouth Council cabinet meeting today showed what a pickle the Conservatives have got themselves into.

Wed 16th May 2007:

Huge aspirations for Lansdowne area

The Cabinet will shortly consider a document which considers the options for major improvements to the whole Lansdowne area.

Election Promises

The Winter Gardens.

Mon 14th May 2007:

Carbon Rationing

One ambition I had, if re-elected, was to attempt to introduce carbon budgets at the Council.

Thu 10th May 2007:

Pavilion: the Conservatives voted for a larger casino

Councillors are supposed to make decisions based on the merits of the decision, not on party political lines. Thus, when Full Council voted to proceed with a Large Casino license application, it got cross party support. A large casino would be bigger than the proposals currently on the table. But, as Bournemouth didn't get a license, the developers/operators are seeking a normal casino license from the Magistrates Court.

Fri 4th May 2007:

Thank you

I'd like to thank all the residents who voted for me in the election. Like the vast majority of the Lib Dem group, I lost my seat. We're down the seven Councillors - the Conservatives are in charge now. I think local people made a good choice in electing Lisa Northover.

Sat 28th Apr 2007:

Real time bus information displays - more than meets the eye

The Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired reports in its latest newsletter that the some of the real time bus information displays being installed on main routes in Bournemouth have an additional audio feature.

Filling holes with rubbish

The Local Government Association is warning that we're running out of holes in the ground to shove rubbish into; already 109 square miles of the UK (the size of Warwick) is taken up by landfill, and we'll have run out of holes within nine years.

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