Saturday, September 29, 2012

Last of the allotment potatoes

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Last of the allotment potatoes dug up late this afternoon ... click on the picture for a better view: some of those spuds aren't too ...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Policy and Strategy Committee next Tuesday

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Policy and Strategy (P&S) Committee next Tuesday - main agenda is here , and all the papers can be found, as usual, on CPOL here ... ...
Monday, September 24, 2012

September 2012 Leader's Report

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September Leader's Report was up at the Full Council Meeting last Thursday - you can access it on CPOL here and/or even watch it all h...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Gorgie Litter-Pick

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Another glorious day, weather-wise, and spent a few hours helping out on a local "Gorgie Litter-Pick" earlier this afternoon ......
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Allotment afternoon

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Stole a few hours down at the allotment this afternoon ... been a few weeks since I was last there : good job my better-half has been more...
Friday, September 21, 2012

New decision-making processes

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Amidst all the 'webcasting' excitement ...I forgot to flag up the very substantial report (and changes) that were made to the Co...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

CEC Council TV

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Full Council Meeting today - papers are all here ... but you can also see the whole meeting via webcast as well: from here . Over 600 p...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Statement in response to judgement on new Portobello High School

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I know opinions are strong on either side of the debate around the future of Portobello High School ... ... but I'm personally deepl...

Investing in Jobs: Edinburgh's Call to Action

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Been asked again (honestly!) to post my speech notes from today's conference up on the blog ... ... thus please see the following: ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Call to action in Edinburgh

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More detail on tomorrow's conference can now be found on the Council's main website - here  ... short summary: "The Council...
Sunday, September 09, 2012

10-in-a-row

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  Had a great day at Pedal for Scotland today ... I'm not usually one to blag too much; but I am rather proud that myself, and the...
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Saturday, September 08, 2012

Local Food Fair

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Managed to get to the Shandon Local Food Group 'Food Fair' earlier today ... very good turnout and even the weather held out: jus...
Friday, September 07, 2012

A Cooperative Edinburgh - will the Council join in?

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Believe it or not, I've had quite a few requests for the text of my speech at this morning's Co-operative Edinburgh event so, for t...
Thursday, September 06, 2012

Co-operative Edinburgh: thinking outside the box

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Looking forward to tomorrow's "Co-operative Edinburgh" event ... line-up of speakers:     Co-operative Edinburgh Thi...

Unlocking infrastructure spending

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A few weeks ago, I flagged up the imminent launch of the 'Strategy for Jobs' on the 12th September ... ... pleased to see that...
Sunday, September 02, 2012

Festival Fireworks tonight

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Off to the end-of-festival Fireworks later this evening - Junior really looking forward to them ... and the weather is looking pretty nea...
Saturday, September 01, 2012

Dads Rock Edinburgh

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I spent a very pleasant hour earlier today visiting Dads Rock Edinburgh , along at Gate 55 in Sighthill. You can read more about the Gro...