Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
The radio ham
Following yesterday’s Corporate Governance Committee I was interviewed for BBC Radio Wales by journalist Sarah Moore. She said it would probably air during the station’s late afternoon/early evening show. With a whole meeting’s worth of analy... Read more →
Monday, 30th September, 2013
Signing off
Following this morning’s Corporate Governance Committee meeting, Cllr. Paul Miller, leader of the Labour party, formally requisitioned an extraordinary meeting of the council. The three-pronged requisition calls upon the council to: — ‘rescind... Read more →
Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Pension potty
Today marks exactly two years to the date of a controversial meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s six-member Senior Staff Committee. That meeting made available to senior council officers, the option of receiving their pension contributions in-hand,... Read more →
Tuesday, 24th September, 2013
Pension contention
A rarity nowadays, but a perfunctory visit to that other website this morning paid off as Old Grumpy had uploaded a ‘stop press’ addressing a couple...
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Wednesday, 11th September, 2013
Much ado about nothing
Last month you’ll recall a swathe of controversy was generated around the selection of Milford Haven as Pembrokeshire County Council’s bid town for ...
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Monday, 9th September, 2013
Busy week follows summer recess
The summer recess was but a cherished memory last week as the municipal machinery roared back into action at County Hall, and the committees and their members hit the ground running. Last Tuesday’s planning committee meeting was a lengthy affair. The twe... Read more →
Wednesday, 28th August, 2013
Date set for extraordinary council meeting
Next week an extraordinary meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council is to be held following a requisition that I presented to the council chairman with the suppo...
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Monday, 26th August, 2013
Your say – your council
It’s 2001. Tony Blair has just safely defended his massive majority in the House of Commons, and some of the sweeping changes to local government reform are filtering through from his Labour government’s Local Government Act 20…
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Pork-barrelling?
Following Cllr. Stephen Joseph’s abandonment of Plaid Cymru to join the ruling Independent party, all sorts of questions have been raised over Pembrokeshire politics, and whether pork-barrelling patronage plays any part in it. Wikipedia defines ‘pork-barre... Read more →
Friday, 9th August, 2013
All bark and no bite
Opinion Research Services Limited, the specialist social research company hired by the Hywel Dda Health Board to conduct the ‘listening exercise’ for its co...
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