Saturday, January 31, 2009

NPF(2)

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Several colleagues on the Council have pointed out the significant downgrading of Edinburgh's main development areas in the latest versi...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Full Council papers out ...

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Next week's Full Council papers are out this morning ... (all up on CPOL ) and the main agenda can be found here . I'll regret this ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

He's got all the whiskey :-(

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Very saddened to hear of John Martyn's death today ... went to see him live in a small Stoke-on-Trent venue (think it was as far back a...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

London bound today ...

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Off to London today - Electoral Reform Society ( ERS ) duties calling ... ... definitely noticing more trips to the 'big smoke' si...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

City resilience?

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Meant to blog a couple of days ago about some press coverage of Edinburgh being on 'amber alert' as regards the possible impact of t...

Warning to Aberdeenshire

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Fairly significant developments up in Aberdeenshire Council being reported this morning ... see the Scotsman article here ; and BBC Scotlan...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Budget, budget, budget ...

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Fairly lengthy 'Group Meeting' earlier today ... ... only a few weeks to go now until the Council sets its 2009/10 budget on Thursda...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Budget blackout

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This year's Holyrood budget appears to be lining-up as a much more constructive affair than 2008 ... even if just some of today's p...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Burns Supper success

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Burns Supper this evening was a great success ... venue was super, speakers excellent, and generally good atmosphere all-round. ... and eve...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Heads below the parapet

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Tram works start again big-time from this coming weekend ... the relevant Council press release can be found here . My long-term support for...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Burns mania (this weekend)

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Regular readers will know that I attend (and help organise somewhat) an annual Burns Supper event ... ... well, along with what appears to...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Hope springs eternal ... even at the Council?

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In all the hype of 'Inauguration Day' ... I plain forgot to mention something positive that happened at the Policy and Strategy Com...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Quite a day

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Just watched the US Presidential Inauguration ... possibly prophetically, ' BBC News 24 on-line ' seems to have completely collapsed...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Budget secrets

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Don't think I ever mentioned this at the time ... but several months ago there was a decision taken to consult on the Council Budget usi...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Beware the Big Beasts

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Back to the future ? ... what with Mandelson and now Clarke , it feels just like the early to mid-1990's all over again! As long as we ...

Sunshine and showers ...

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Now that the 1st anniversary of the allotment is imminent , I thought I'd try and get that one job completed which has been bothering m...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Unfair Scotland Fund?

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The so-called 'Fairer Scotland Fund' ( FSF ) saga in North Edinburgh continues to rumble on and on ... ... think I last mentioned it...

A Leaky Chanter?

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New blog discovered this week, which could well be worth checking out on a more frequent basis ... ... the 'FM Twitter' feed in th...
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