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 and/or [...]
On the evening of the 19th of April 2012 I observed Cambridge City Council debate a Labour motion on the subject of regulating shared houses in the city. The motion talked of capping the number of properties available to sharers and extending the council’s definition of a House in Multiple Occupation to include all [...]
On the evening of the 12th of April 2012 I observed councillors on Cambridge’s East Area Committee set the areas’s policing priorities for the upcoming four months. Problems caused by street drinkers were by far the top issue raised by councillors.
Sergeant Jamie Stenton for Cambridgeshire Police initially reported:
“Street life people [his words] are [...]
Only Sign of Elections in Arbury - Posters for Labour’s Mike Todd-Jones.
Cambridge City Council elections are to be held on Thursday the 3rd of May 2012.
Cambridge is split into fourteen wards, there are three council seats for each ward. The elections in May are for one seat in each ward, so a [...]
The proposed loading bay for Sainsbury’s on Mill Road (Source p40 of the officer report to the meeting)
On the evening of the 25th of October 2011 I observed Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee reject an application for a Sainsbury’s Local supermarket in the pool hall building at 103 Mill Road.
Key Points
The main reasons [...]
View of Jesus Green, Cambridge.
Cambridge City Council has recently run a consultation on its Draft Open Space and Recreation Strategy.
What is this Strategy Document For?
If approved the strategy would become key part of the city council’s planning policy; which means it would become a document which councillors making planning decisions will have to have [...]
TV Screens Reminded Those Attending Which Meeting They Were At
I observed Cambridge City Council’s Environment Scrutiny committee on the 21st of June 2011.
Rubbish
This was the first scrutiny committee for Cllr Swanson in her new post as Executive Councillor for bins. The committee looked at how the budget for her area, formally titled, “Environmental and [...]
Proposed amendments to Cambridgeshire County Council’s constitution have been published today, just one day before they are to go before a meeting of the full council on the 17th of May 2011.
The amendments have been put forward by Councillor Nick Clarke, who was recently elected leader of the ruling Conservative group on the council, [...]
Policing East Cambridge April 2011
I spent the evening of the 14th of April 2011 observing Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee meeting. City and county councillors were to hold the police to account for their performance against priorities they’d set previously and to set new priorities for the forthcoming period.
Key Points
Councillors set the following [...]
On the 15th of November 2010 I attended Cambridge City Council’s Civic Affairs Committee. I used the public speaking slot to let councillors know about my experiences recording council meetings and to ask questions about the fact I have now been banned from filming council meetings.
A member of the public, Andrew Bower, recorded the [...]
Councillor Armstrong, Councillor Blair, Councillor Boyce, Councillor Levy, Councillor Liddle, Councillor McGovern, Councillor Nimmo-Smith, Councillor Pitt, Councillor Todd-Jones, Councillor Upstone, Councillor Ward, Councillor Benstead, Councillor Blencowe, Councillor Bradnack, Councillor Ellis-Miller, Councillor Hart, Councillor Herbert, Councillor Howell, Councillor Lynn, Councillor Shah, Councillor Smart, Councillor Walker, Councillor Wright, Councillor AlBander, Councillor Baker, Councillor Blackhurst, Councillor Dryden, Councillor McPherson, Councillor Newbold, Councillor Sanders, Councillor Stuart, Councillor Taylor, Councillor Bick, Councillor Cantrill, Councillor Dixon, Councillor Hipkin, Councillor Kightley, Councillor Reid, Councillor Rosenstiel, Councillor Smith, Councillor Zmura.
Jesus Green, Midsummer Common, New Square, Christ's Pieces, Parker's Piece, Coldham's Common, Romsey Rec, Coleridge Rec, Cherry Hinton Rec.