Thursday, December 23, 2010

Last day in the office & Merry Xmas!

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Last day (physically) in the office today ... I am around all over the holiday period though and will keep checking e-mails and you can alwa...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

only 36-months left :-(

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No blogging tomorrow. I'll be too busy panicking that there's only another 36-months of my forties left :-(( ... only saving grace i...
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Rubbish Update

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Well - mailbox still overflowing with a ' lack of rubbish collection ' complaints ... ... but, and I almost daren't say it, Cow...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Rubbish, rubbish collection

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Despite the return of the snow, my mail box is now dominated not by road and pavement conditions (although they do still feature strongly!) ...
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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Glasgow snow ...

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Well - there is quite a lot of snow over in Glasgow ... maybe not as much as back here in Edinburgh ... but still a considerable amount. I ...

Strictly victory :-)

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I really don't want to say " I told you so " but I did :-)) Saturday nights will hopefully now return to some semblance of no...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Glasgow weekend

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Off to (Scotland's) metropolis for the weekend ;-) Leaving junior with my parents until Sunday morning - need a bit of a break after tha...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

In office but not in power

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9pm finish to the Council Meeting - not as bad as I'd thought actually! And the day was indeed dominated by the Alternative Business Mod...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Rubbish - again

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Sorry - back to rubbish ... ... despite the protestations of a return to normality - in my own street the communal bins remain un-emptied n...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Full Council week

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Full Council week - and the agenda for Thursday looks (time-wise) completely horrendous :-( All the papers can be accessed via CPOL - and ...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Local Government settlement

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Scottish Government budget settlement now out - as of last Thursday - and all the details can be found here ... and as I mentioned last Fri...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Campaigning Sunday + rubbish!

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Might only be a couple of weeks to go until Christmas, but no respite on the campaigning front I'm afraid :-( ... several hardy souls br...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Festive spirit

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High excitement in the Burns' household today ... ... junior may be a teenager now (I can hardly believe it!) but putting up the Christm...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Labour Group Xmas-party

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Labour Group Xmas-party earlier this evening ... numbers seemed down slightly on last year: sure the weather didn't help! Nevertheless, ...

COSLA Convention Meeting

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COSLA Convention meeting this morning/early afternoon ... ... quite obviously an ever-growing awareness that the Local Government settlemen...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Edinburgh Partnership afternoon

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Edinburgh Partnership meeting this afternoon ... ... you can see recent papers/reports here ; today's not yet there I'm afraid. Unf...

Local pavements disgrace

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Apologies for returning to the weather - but been out locally again this morning and it has to be said once more that the pavements right a...
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Referendum polling

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Interesting polling figures published yesterday about the possible outcome of the AV Referendum ... ... the Left Foot Forward blog seems t...