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News round up; Parks, schools and care homes
The South Wales Guardianreports on the latest saga over the council's 'Community Asset Transfer' programme, not quite the community spirited vision the title suggests, but a cost shifting exercise to...
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Pension scandal - Trustees kept in the dark
Former Chair of the Council and a trustee of the Dyfed Pension Fund, Cllr Sian Thomas (Plaid) has spoken out again over the pension scandal relating to the Chief Executive Mark James. She also spoke at...
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Message to Miliband
Anyone from Carmarthenshire listening to Ed Miliband today during PMQs over the Maria Miller scandal must surely be wondering if Welsh Labour are existing as a separate entity to their London party...
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Carmarthenshire council and Data Protection
The BBC reports today that breaches of data protection by Welsh councils has more than doubled this year from last, from 60 to 135. Of interest to us of course is Carmarthenshire. The figures from 2012...
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Sunday ramble; Chairs, Salaries and Webcasting
Carmarthenshire Council has a quaintly traditional way of nominating Chairs and Vice Chairs of the council, a ritual which will start at the meeting on Tuesday (webcast here, starting at 10am) with the...
View ArticleTwisting the truth
The issue of email snooping, which has been rumbling around for months, finally reached the Policy and Resources Scrutiny meeting at the end of March and the minutes of that meeting have just been...
View ArticleA Point of Order
During the lengthy preamble at the start of each meeting, a warning is given that the Minutes from various committees are to be 'received' only. The contents of the Minutes, and any decisions made,...
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The Council, the Scarlets and the 'Allowable expenses' - a Revelation
In a curious turn of events, a decision to refuse part of a Freedom of Information request has been overturned via an internal council review. In my experience, this is a first.I had requested the...
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Another coincidence?
Update; Disappointingly I've realised the 'Setting it Straight' page has not disappeared but now appears in the drop-down menu on the Media page. Thought it was too good to be true, apologies for...
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Public and press can film planning appeals in Wales
Thanks to enquiries made by Mr John Butler, (@jbsandown) it look like the Planning Inspectorate Wales is happy for the press and members of the public to film, record, tweet and otherwise report from...
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The webcasting pilot - 26,420 total views
Next Monday's Executive Board meeting features the summary of the twelve month webcasting pilot. A resounding success I'm sure you will agree. The figures for live and archived views are detailed in...
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Caerphilly Council bosses appear in court
As readers will be aware, this blog has been following events in Caerphilly Council concerning the Chief Executive, his Deputy and also the Head of the Legal department, Daniel Perkins.The three...
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Carmarthenshire Council and the Scarlets land deal - The Western Mail reports
Further to my post last week (April 16th), 'The Council, the Scarlets and the 'allowable expenses' - a revelation', today's Western Mail has published this article;Call for investigation into £850k...
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The Archives and the mould
The Archive Service at Parc Myrddin, Carmarthen, managed by the county council, is one of only twenty two official repositories in Wales storing thousands of documents along two miles of shelving - a...
View ArticleLibel appeal hearing next week
Re; Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County CouncilLast September I was granted permission to appeal on an issue relating to Mark James' counterclaim for libel against me.The appeal has now been...
View ArticleCllr Caiach calls for Leader's resignation over £850,000 land deal
County Councillor Sian Caiach has called for the immediate resignation of the leader of the council, Kevin Madge, over the £850,000 land deal between Carmarthenshire Council and Scarlets Regional...
View ArticleLibel Appeal - Judgement reserved
As judgement has been reserved following yesterday's appeal hearing I cannot comment or speculate on any outcome.The hearing, which related to Mark James' counterclaim for libel against me, took up the...
View ArticleKevin Madge replies to Cllr Caiach's call for his resignation
Leader of the Council, Kevin Madge, has responded to Cllr Caiach's call for his immediate resignation over the land deal between the Council and Scarlets Regional Ltd.As you will see below, Cllr Madge...
View ArticlePembrokeshire; chief executive to be asked to repay unlawful pension cash
Interesting developments in Pembrokeshire this morning where, at an extraordinary general meeting, councillors voted to write to the Chief Executive, Bryn Parry Jones, and another unnamed officer, to...
View ArticlePolice call off investigation - updated
The following statement has been issued by the police this afternoon;“On January 30, 2014 three Public Interest Reports were published by the Wales Audit Office into matters relating to Carmarthenshire...
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