Friday, August 31, 2012

COSLA Leaders Meeting

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COSLA Leaders Meeting this morning ... public papers can be seen via this link ; and the overall Agenda here . Likely to be most debate ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Green Investment Bank

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Mentioned last year that it was good to see strong support for the successful location of the Green Investment Bank here in Edinburgh ... ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Edinburgh visitors

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No, not the one in the middle ;-) Series of enjoyable (and very well attended) meetings with Harriet Harman and Margaret Curran , who we...

Sir Chris Hoy awarded Freedom of Edinburgh

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Sir Chris Hoy awarded Freedom of Edinburgh Published Thursday 23 August 2012   Councillors today unanimously agreed to award Sir Chr...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Council’s New Economic Strategy 2012-17

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The Council's New Economic Strategy for 2012-17 is being formally launched next month at a conference in the new Assembly Rooms - some d...

Governance Review paperwork

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I've had a few queries in connection to the Governance Review proposals, which are at the Full Council Meeting this Thursday for noting ...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Sunday afternoon in Salsburgh

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Afternoon over in Salsburgh for an all-too-brief visit to my folks ... ... guess what, sun was shining in Edinburgh when we left and it wa...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

August 2012 Leader's Report

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This coming Thursday is Full Council day, and my monthly Leader's Report should be up on CPOL soon ... meantime, here's the text be...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Allotment Update

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Managed to get a few hours down at the Allotment late this afternoon ... was quite a bit of work to do, having been away for a fortnight...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Back in Edinburgh

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Back in Edinburgh this evening, after a fabulous 2-weeks down in Sussex/Kent ... with 4-days spent in London at the Olympics  :-) Now, a...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Off Air

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Off Air for a few weeks now I'm afraid ... ... mentioned last year that we'd been successful with various Olympic Ticket bids, an...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Well done Wiggins!

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Well done Bradley Wiggins! I was actually in Paris, in 1986, to watch the last day of the Tour de France when Greg LeMond (USA) became t...

Allotment tidy-up

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Bob's funeral yesterday was completely packed with very moving, and heartfelt, tributes to a man clearly held in the highest regard by...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Weaving The Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012

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I managed to get along to the Dovecot Studios for a brief visit this afternoon, which has a 'centenary exhibition' running at the ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

5-years and counting ...

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I've just realised, that I let the 5-year anniversary of my daily-cycling routine slip by without note :-( As close friends and coll...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Bob McLean; a brief reflection

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Back in Edinburgh now  and no meetings today - what a relief. Coming back from London on the train last night , I learned of the death of...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

ERS Council (& General) Meeting

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Talking of London ... off on the sleeper again late tonight for an Electoral Reform Society (ERS) Council & General Meeting  in the b...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Olympics bound

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With all the negative press about a small sporting event which starts in a couple of weeks, I reckon its as good a time as any to own up ...