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Suggestions in Advance of the December 2008 North Area Committee
I wrote to my local councillors in advance of the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting which is to be held on Thursday the 11th of December 2008. I made some comments on items on the agenda which are reproduced below. I have made my comments on the policing agenda item separately. 1. Matters […]
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November Community Services Scrutiny Committee
I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November, primarily to comment on the proposed work on Jesus Green and to watch the council make the decision to allow, or not, Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009. I have written separate posts on these subjects: Jesus Green Lottery Bid […]
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October 2008 North Area Committee – Cambridge
On Thursday the 9th of October 2008 councillors in from the wards of Arbury, Kings Hedges, West Chesterton and East Chesterton met for the City Council’s North Area Committee. On the Monday before the meeting I wrote to my local ward councillors and have placed that submission on my website. I received no reply or […]
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Suggestions in Advance of the October 2008 North Area Committee
I wrote to my local councillors in advance of the North Area Committee meeting to be held on Thursday 9th October. I made suggestions and comments relating to the following: Penny Ferry Works Minuting of the Discussion on Stop and Account at the last Meeting The Reporting of Chair’s Actions to the Committee Jesus Green […]
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West Central Area Committee – September 2008
I attended the West Central Area Committee on Thursday 18th of September, primarily to comment on a bid to the Lottery which the council is submitting to part-fund work on Jesus Green. The meeting was chaired by Cllr Rod Cantrill as the usual chair, Simon Kightley was absent. Cllr Cantrill decided to alter the running […]
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Cambridge City Council Meeting 11 September 2008
On Thursday 11th September 2008 I went to watch a Cambridge City Council meeting, I’m writing here to share what I observed. Jesus Green “Exhibition” I arrived at 17.00 to look at a presentation on the consultation responses received by the council prior to it submitting a bid to the lottery for about two million […]
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Register of Members’ Interests – Cambridge City Council
This morning I went to Cambridge Guildhall to view the register of members’ interests for Cambridge City Councillors. I was particularly interested in finding out which, if any, councillors are members of : The Jesus Green Association The Old Chesterton Residents Association The Friends of Midsummer Common I have been concerned that residents associations such […]
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RIPA Powers Review – Speech
I attended the Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee, of Cambridge City Council, at 17.00 on Monday the 1st of September. Members of the public can speak at these meetings if they arrange to do so beforehand. I spoke on the subject of the internal review of the Council’s use of powers under the Regulation of […]
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Review of RIPA Powers – Cambridge City Council
Below are excerpts from an email which I sent to selected councillors in advance of them receiving the report of an internal review into Cambridge City Council’s use of its powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Cllrs Nimmo-Smith, Ward and Herbert, Cambridge City Council’s internal review of the Council’s use of powers under […]
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In advance of the August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting
I sent the below email to my local councillors in advance of Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee meeting. Councillors Mike Todd-Jones, Alan Levy, Tim Ward and Rupert Moss-Eccardt, I am making some suggestions in advance of this evening’s North Area Committee meeting on the subjects of: Policing Jesus Green Works and New […]