Sunday, October 31, 2010

6-months on Friday ...

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Well, I did manage to catch both of the main speeches ... and I know I probably shouldn't say it, but Iain Gray somewhat stole-the-sho...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Oban-bound

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Off to Oban this morning for the Scottish Labour Party conference ... yes, my excitement knows no bounds ;-) Planning to attend as many of...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

More openness - yes please

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More tram-saga in the local paper today ... with long-overdue calls for more openness as regards the Tram Business Case . Personally, I beli...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

TIF monies for trams?

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Council Leader in the local press this afternoon calling for TIF (Tax Increment Finance)monies to be used for the tram project ... ... it...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Finance Committee; electricity and gas!

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Finance and Resources Committee this morning - generally constructive debates around most of the agenda items ... with a couple of amendmen...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Mail, mail, mail

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Bit of a huge backlog of e-mail (and mail generally) following the week-long break . Haven't seen much daylight today! Schools still off...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Allotment update!

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Spent a bit of time at the Allotment this afternoon - catching up on a small backlog of jobs ... ... got all three potato-beds mulched with...
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Back in Edinburgh

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Back in Edinburgh after a week spent up in Glen Orchy --- no mobile signal at all: total bliss ;-) The weeks' weather was definitely a ...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Temporary break in transmission

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School half-term week from today - and both junior and my better-half are off for the week ... ... so, I'm afraid, there will be a tempo...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Quiz Champions :-)

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Well, attended the newly established Gavin Strang Trophy quiz contest tonight ... ... first of five rounds, leading to a Grand Final some ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Council Meeting and trams ...

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Full Council Meeting earlier today was, as expected , totally dominated by the tram report ... ... sadly, the Labour Amendment wasn't ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

London today

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Down in London today for some Electoral Reform Society ( ERS ) meetings ... perfect timing, given all the pressure of the rest of the week ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Audit Committee decision

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As promised yesterday , here's that full wording from the Audit Committee decision: Care and Support Services – “Lessons Learned” Review...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Hutchison and Chesser Community Council

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Ended the evening at a Hutchison and Chesser Community Council meeting tonight --- a remarkably short meeting, with business conducted so...

Nursery closures

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I've been getting a bit of stick from colleagues about my earlier post on the issue of the three Nursery closures coming up to Committe...

Audit Committee

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Reconvened meeting of the Audit Committee this morning - posted about the first meeting a couple of weeks ago here ... ... on balance, I th...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Campaigning Sunday

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Almost the whole of Sunday spent out campaigning today ... ... having all these overly-keen Council candidates is certainly keeping me on ...
Saturday, October 09, 2010

AV or not to AV?

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Out in East Edinburgh today for an Alternative Vote (AV), "yes or no", debate ... my sparring partner was George Foulkes who sne...