Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween

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Halloween-madness in Cowan Road this evening ... door-bell hasn't stopped ringing all night. I've tried my best to prove this Ameri...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Edinburgh West

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Commiserations to my Council colleague, Paul Edie , who I hear 'just' missed out tonight in the selection process, over in Edinburgh...
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Tram bosses ban cash?

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The ' no cash on trams ' story in today's local paper seems to have attracted a huge amount of attention ... ... but, hang on, i...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Policy and Strategy meeting next week

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Policy and Strategy committee meeting next Tuesday - main agenda here , and all the papers can be found on 'Committee Papers on Line...

Phone problems

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If you've been trying to reach me on the mobile today --- many apologies, but the Sim-card appears to have completely given up the ghost...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

London-bound

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Electoral Reform Society meeting in London this afternoon, so stuck on the train most of the day ... I have now reached the point where I...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Finance Committee today ...

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Substituted for my colleague, Donald Wilson , on the Finance Committee (agenda here ) this morning ... the meeting lasted from 10am through ...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Back to the grindstone

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Back to the grindstone today :-( ... was very beneficial to take my 'foot off the pedal' a bit last week, but I do sense that the ne...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Half-term week

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Back up in Edinburgh now ... ... schools' October half-term this week - junior just finished his first term at Tynecastle (which has ...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

War Horse

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As well as Legoland , should give a mention to a production of War Horse we all went to see at the New London Theatre ... ... if you'r...

Lego-mania

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Well, given the early finish , I did indeed manage to catch that 5pm train on Thursday ;-) ... was visiting the in-laws over the weekend - ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

No moratorium here?

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Forgot to mention one classic moment at the Full Council meeting, when the relevant Convener was responding to a question about the use of b...

Just who is in charge?

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Well - the Council meeting did indeed finish earlier than last month --- a 1.15pm end of proceedings! Most significant division of the day...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Tollcross Community Council

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Tollcross Community Council this evening - Annual General Meeting, and all seems to have gone smoothly with the nominations process ... .....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A cynical game

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I mentioned the SPICe briefing that puts the lie to the Nats constant whining about the (NOT) reducing Scottish-budget for 2010/11 a few d...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Help needed ...

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I have a terrible confession to make ... this morning, whilst reading The Scotsman, I found myself in total agreement with a Tory MSP :-( I...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Recession - what recession?

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Talking of ' light agendas ' ... ... have a quick look at this one for the Economic Development Committee meeting next Tuesday --- ...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Full Council this coming week ...

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Full Council this coming Thursday (15 th ) ... main agenda can be found here ; and papers via searching on CPOL . I probably shouldn't s...