Sunday, January 06, 2013

Back to the grindstone

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Back to the grindstone from tomorrow morning :-( Very busy few months coming up , with significant decisions at the January and March F...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Basketball Festival

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Was lucky enough to get invited along to the final game of the 'Basketball Festival' day , at the Pleasance this afternoon/evening...
Friday, January 04, 2013

Craighouse deadline today

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Craighouse planning application deadline today ... I've mentioned the significant debate around this planning proposal on several occ...

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year to one and all :-) Now back from our few days away, up North ... a group of friends and family booked the whole of the Lo...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2013 :-)

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Right, I'm going to have a bit of a break from 'the blog/facebook/twitter' over the next couple of weeks ... normal service wi...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

"Hillside" by Lara Greene

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13-years a Councillor and today was my first-ever, sculpture-unveiling experience :-) Was very pleased to be asked, as Council Leader , ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Magical Meadows

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    There was something really, rather magical about The Meadows as I cycled to work this morning ... ... couldn't resist pulling o...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Hobbit-mania ;-)

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Actually managed to find a few 'family-hours' yesterday and took Junior to see the new Hobbit film ... ... close friends will ...
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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Cycling boost for Edinburgh with new dedicated bike route?

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The Council officially opened the " Quality " Bike Corridor, which runs from the King's Buildings Campus in South Edinburg...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Newtown, here in the real world ...

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I suspect, like many, I've been thinking about Newtown in the States ... ... I'm reminded of Roy Orbison's words from his 1989...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Council debate on Castlebrae Community High School

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The Council Meeting  was somewhat dominated by the debate on Castlebrae High School - and rightly so; its an important, ongoing topic which ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Full Council Meeting tomorrow

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As mentioned earlier , its Full Council Meeting tomorrow ... the very last of 2012! The individual reports can all be accessed via here a...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Hutchison Community Centre Christmas Party

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Managed an hour at the Hutchison Community Centre Christmas Party this afternoon ... good turnout for such a freezing cold day. And gue...
Sunday, December 09, 2012

Weekend escape

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Managed to escape Auld Reekie for a couple of days over the weekend ... for some pre-Christmas rest-and-recuperation ;-) Didn't go f...
Friday, December 07, 2012

December Leader's Report

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December's Full Council Meeting papers now out - they can all be accessed via here and here ...   ... and Decembers Leader's ...
Sunday, December 02, 2012

Birthday pizza-party, Dancing, Bridges & Allotment

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Junior is 15-years old on Monday - can't believe it ... so this weekend has been a full-on set of Birthday celebrations :-) Started ...
Friday, November 30, 2012

First Petitions Committee meeting next week

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Hooray! - first petition to be heard next week ... details below: FIRST VALID PETITION TO BE CONSIDERED IN EDINBURGH Date   30/N...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Craiglockhart CC and a focus on Craighouse

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Busy week coming up ... and amidst all the city-wide issues, one local planning application is going to feature strongly at Tuesday night...