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Lighting Parkers Piece on West Central Area Committee Agenda
Ground Level Lights at Cambridge Leisure In the run up to the 2012 local elections Cambridge Liberal Democrats decided to stand up to those who usually exert greatest influence in Cambridge, the largely elderly home owners who populate the residents associations, and made an election commitment to improve lighting on Cambridge’s green spaces. Specifically the […]
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Domestic Abuse Review
Domestic Abuse Member Led Review On the 14th of June 2012 I observed the Police and Crime Scrutiny Committee at Cambridgeshire County Council consider the final report of Cllr Samantha Hoy’s Member Led Review on Domestic Violence. I previously commented on this review in December, when the review’s interim report was put before the committee. […]
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Cambridge City Council – Secret Private Local Plan Consultation Briefing
Cambridge City Council launched its consultation on a new Local Plan for the city on the 15th of June 2012. The local plan is the policy document against which all planning applications made in forthcoming eight years or so will be assessed. It will shape the future of Cambridge. On the morning of Saturday the […]
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Asking Cambs County Council Police Scrutiny Committee To Chase Cambs Police for Phone Answering Performance Data
Police and Crime Scrutiny at Cambridgeshire County Council On Thursday the 14th of June 2012 I attended Cambridgeshire County Council’s Police and Crime Scrutiny Committee*. I used the public speaking slot to chase up information on Cambridgeshire Police’s phone answering performance. Cambridgeshire police’s competence at answering the phone in a reasonable period of time dropped […]
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Partisan Bickering on the A14 Prompts Me to Comment
The A14 Near Huntingdon Yesterday the Conservative Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Nick Clarke, launched an attack on Cambridge MP Julian Huppert in a blog post titled “Julian Huppert please, please do not foul up our plans for a bigger road” in which he claimed Huppert is: trying to influence department for transport ministers to […]
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Cambridge Community Safety Partnership – May 2012
On the first of May 2012 I attended a meeting of Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership, held in the Guildhall. The meeting was rendered almost pointless by the absence of both elected councillors who should have been there, Cambridge City Council’s executive councillor for policing, Tim Bick (Liberal Democrat) and Police Authority representative and the partnership’s […]
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Questioning The Executive Councillor for Policing at Cambridge City Council
Cllr Tim Bick, Executive Councillor for Policing, Cambridge City Council. On the 19th of April 2012 I used the public speaking slot at a full meeting of Cambridge City Council to ask the executive councillor for policing, Tim Bick (Liberal Democrat, Market) what he had been doing in that role. I said I thought the […]
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Police Issuing Fixed Penalty Notices for Dog Fouling
On the 19th of April 2012 Cllr George Owers (Labour, Coleridge) asked an oral question about dog poo at a full meeting of Cambridge City Council. Cllr Owers’ question was: “In light of the council’s catastrophically poor record at taking enforcement action against irresponsible dog owners for dog-fouling, are there plans to co-operate with PCSOs […]
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Castle and Victoria Road Conservation Area
Map of Proposed Conservation Area On the 30th of April 2012 I responded to Cambridge City Council’s consultation on a new conservation area for the Victoria Road area and parts of Castle ward. My response: Dear Cambridge City Council, I am writing to respond to the council’s consultation on the Castle and Victoria Road Conservation […]
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Policing West-Central Cambridge April 2012
Poorly located 20 mph signs on entering Maid’s Causeway. On Thursday the 26th of April 2012 I observed Cambridge City Council’s West/Central area committee hold the police to account on their recent performance and set the new policing priorities for the area. One of the key items under discussion was the operation of the 20 […]