At Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting Cllr Mike Todd Jones distributed the following statement which I am publicising as it will probably not be included in the minutes and is not currently available online:
I have decided not to make decisions on planning matters at Area Committees until sufficiently trained in […]
Tag Archives: Arbury
Cllr Mike Todd-Jones - Statement on Planning Matters - Click for Full Article
Sunday, August 24, 2008
In advance of the August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting - Click for Full Article
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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 Bridge
Penny Ferry
Policing.
*I would suggest […]
Advertising the August North Area Committee Meeting - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
At the last meeting of the North Area Committee, I and other members of the public present agreed to try and publicise the next meeting better. I have been lobbying the city council, police and police authority to try and get them to do their bit to advertise it, and I have also produced the […]
Police Consulatative Meeting - Arbury Ward - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I have just returned from a police consultative meeting at the Meadows Community Centre, the meeting was publicised as being to discuss Anti-Social Behaviour in the ward of Arbury. No council officers attended, apparently due to them being on strike, although the national council worker’s strike doesn’t start until tomorrow. About 14 members […]
June 2008 North Area Committee - Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Thursday, June 19, 2008
I attended the 19th June 2008 North Area Committee meeting tonight.
I think the interesting decisions made were:
1. To demand from officers a better minuting of the element of the previous meeting where police priorities were set. `
2. To set a fixed time 19.30 for the policing agenda item at the next meeting, which I believe […]
Policing - Stop and Account, Honour Crime and Local Priorities - Click for Full Article
Monday, June 16, 2008
I decided to write to Kevin Wilkins, County Councillor (£6840/Year), David Howarth MP Staff member (Another job paid for by taxpayers) and Member of the Police Authority (£7631/Year), as he told me on April the 20th he would look into the operation of Stop and Account in Cambridge, I have received a response from […]
In Advance of June’s North Area Committee - Click for Full Article
Thursday, June 12, 2008
In advance of the upcoming Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting on the 19th of June 2008 I have written to some local councillors to make some observations.
In summary : The meeting papers are appalling - the minutes of the previous meeting omit the local policing priorities which were agreed by the committee. It […]
Setting Local Police Priorities in Cambridge City - Click for Full Article
Thursday, May 29, 2008
I spoke at on the subject of setting police priorities at Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee Meeting on the 6th of March 2008, Councillor Nimmo-Smith committed to respond. Prior to the next North Area Committee meeting on the 17th April 2008 I reminded Councillor Nimmo-Smith of his commitment but he was not […]
Cambridge Matters - Distribution on Election Day - Click for Full Article
Thursday, May 1, 2008
To: Elections @ cambridge dot gov dot uk, copied to the local opposition on the City Council.
I wasn’t very impressed to have the City Council Newsletter - “Cambridge Matters” delivered by hand though my door on the morning of election day.
It’s full of charts and articles trying to show how great the current council is.
It […]
Arbury Election Candidates 2008 - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Shapour Meftah, conservative candidate for Arbury at the City Council Elections posted a leaflet to my house today, and as he was still on the street by the time I’d read it I went out to ask him some questions. I started with asking why he wants to scrap the “expensive area committee meetings”, […]