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Thrifts Walk, Chesterton Cambridge
Residents of Thrifts Walk, Chesterton lobbied Cambridge City Council’s North Area committee on the 9th of October 2008, asking for public money from the environmental improvements budget to be spent upgrading their private road. A proposal was submitted by Mr P.K.C. White, for and on behalf of the Residents of Thrift’s Walk. Mr White proposed […]
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Joking about Cambridge City Council’s Icelandic Investments
Its not often that one comes home from a Cambridge City Council North Area Committee to find a continuation of the same discussion on Newsnight. Prior to the meeting while councillors were waiting for a planning officer to turn up the leader of the council was showing his colleagues a print-out of a “league table” […]
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Cambridge City Council – Members’ Allowances
I have just written to Cambridge City Council suggesting it’s about time they published the details of allowances paid to City Councillors for May 2007 to April 2008: Cambridge City Council’s webpages listing councillors link to a document providing information on allowances paid to City Councillors for May 2006 to April 2007. I would like […]
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Spotting Waste in the Conservative’s Right to Know Forms
I read through the Conservative’s new Right to Know parliamentary expenses forms last week, and spotted that Tony Baldry, Conservative MP for Banbury, has an entry for: “Website hire” – at £1882.94 for the three months covered by the form so he’s paying £7531.76/year for http://www.tonybaldry.org.uk and he’s only renting it. This makes his website […]
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Setting Local Police Priorities in Cambridge City
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 able to […]
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Government Advertising
Andy Harper, (BBC Radio Cambridge Presenter) On the subject of Advertising one thing that really annoys me is Government adverts nannying us: Don’t smoke, Drink responsibly, Cook sausages properly, Close gates when walking in the countryside Get your tax return in by the deadline Don’t walk under ladders Wear a seatbelt The Government spent £339 […]