Church News
Council prayersOver recent years, various well-documented methods have been employed to curtail topical and controversial debate in the Chamber; the deliberate suppression of debate was recognised by...
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Carry on Council - Updated
Source; Carmarthen Journal(Update below)Rumours are now circulating that there could be yet another challenge to the Labour group leadership on the council. Kevin Madge was ousted last week by Jeff...
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The Care case...questions for the council
This week's Carmarthenshire Herald continues with another detailed article on the disturbing deprivation of liberty case covered in last week's edition. I mentioned it here and Cllr Sian Caiach, who...
View ArticleThe Llanelli roundabouts
Back in January, in a post about potholes and budget cuts to highway maintenance of £3.3m over the next three years, I included a reference to council plans to 'enhance' four roundabouts in Llanelli as...
View ArticleCaerphilly, Carmarthenshire and the unlawful payments
This blog has followed, for obvious reasons, the unlawful payments scandal which unfolded a couple of years ago in Caerphilly Council. After a damning 2013 Wales Audit Office report and a police...
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Poem in the Herald
The letter's page in this week's Carmarthenshire Herald features a poem - I've no idea who wrote it but a Gold Star to whoever did;Recent shenanigans in CarmarthenshireThere's a new show in town so...
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Planning News
GrilloA trip to the former Zinc Oxide Grillo site in Burry Port has been squeezed in for next Tuesday's planning committee meeting. According to recent press reports it's 'all systems go' for the...
View ArticleFrom Cllr Sian Caiach's blog...
Interesting post from County Councillor Sian Caiach on the People First website which I've reproduced in full here, it is self-explanatory;Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? Carmarthenshire...
View ArticleCut 'n' Paste quotes
Back in 2012 (see 'More Cut and Paste spin') I noticed that quotes in council press releases attributed to Executive Board members are usually just stock responses cut and pasted from similar...
View ArticleFarewell Cneifiwr
As I'm sure many of you will have read, fellow blogger Cneifiwr has posted his last post this morning and is moving on to other things. His wit, analysis, observations and empathy will be greatly...
View ArticleThose 'allowable expenses' - a postscript
One of the more curious financial arrangements involving our county council in the last year or two was the division of the spoils between the council and Scarlets Regional Ltd from the sale of a car...
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Parc Howard - for the people of Llanelli? - Updated
(Later update, 11th June here)Update 10th June;The story takes another twist in this week's Llanelli Star [11th June; The article has now been removed] with Loca Ventures Ltd ( Google them for...
View Article£5m Link Road on the agenda - No exemption please Plaid - updated
Update 9th June - Despite Cllr Caiach challenging the exemption over the item on the Carmarthen link road, the Plaid leadership, seconded by Pam Palmer insisted it should be held in private and the...
View ArticleCutting to the chase - June meeting - updated
Update 10th June; Carmarthen Link Road fundingThe current projected cost of the link road is around £5m. As previously announced, the Welsh Government are providing a grant from the Local Transport...
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Defending the unlawful payments - Invoices
For anyone interested in the breakdown of the £26,872 + VAT paid to Tim Kerr QC to defend the chief executive, senior officers and executive councillors, following the 2014 Wales Audit Office reports,...
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Parc Howard update, and a video
Further to my previous post Parc Howard - for the people of Llanelli? the Llanelli Herald has today published a video which includes footage of the heated public meeting held last Saturday.THE LLANELLI...
View ArticleExtraordinary Council Meeting - Agenda
I use the word 'agenda' in the loosest possible sense as, so far, all we have to suggest that next Wednesday's Extraordinary meeting is the pivotal moment when Carmarthenshire Council becomes the 'most...
View ArticleCouncil mergers...and then there were eight?
Welsh Minister Leighton Andrews will be presenting the Labour government's proposed new Council map of Wales tomorrow. However there seems to have been a leak and BBC Wales are reporting that instead...
View ArticleAnother twist in the link road
There's yet another twist over the funding for the Carmarthen West link road. As I reported, last week's full council meeting approved borrowing of over £3m to 'pre-fund' the link road for the...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary meeting
The meeting is now available on archive.For the record, the written version of the 'presentation' which included the 39 WLGA recommendations, and the watered down recommendations of the Cross-Party...
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