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Senior councillors' pay cut "banged on the head"
There is nothing quite so nauseating to the general public as watching a small bunch of overpaid, executive councillors, filled with a ridiculous and deeply mistaken sense of their own importance,...
View ArticleAssembly Election 2016 - Carmarthenshire results
Update 8th May - Dyfed Powys Police Commissioner election;After going to a second preference count, the final winner was Dafydd Llywelyn, Plaid Cymru, who beat the previous Commissioner, Christopher...
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News in brief - Poverty, Pantycelyn and Parking
Poverty PamSome of us have often wondered if there is a joker in County Hall who likes to dish out inappropriate portfolios to certain members. A fine example is deputy leader Cllr Pam Palmer (Ind) who...
View ArticleCaebrwyn under fire - some updates
Please refer to my earlier post from April 15th; Caebrwyn under fireWith regards to Carmarthenshire council's decision to pursue me for £190,390 costs, the latest deadline to respond, before 'recovery...
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Exempt reports flourishing in County Hall
One of the recognised drawbacks of webcasting council meetings is the possibility that more agenda items may be discussed behind closed doors than is really necessary. This is particularly prevalent...
View ArticleUnlawful payments - Mark James challenges the Auditor - updated
Update 20th May:This week's Carmarthenshire Herald reports that the Wales Audit Office have told Mr James, via Cllr Dole, where to put his complaint, in so many words.It seems, from the Wales Audit...
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Pembrey Country Park: 'Senior officers covered up scandal' - The...
This week's Carmarthenshire Herald has more on the unfolding scandals surrounding the management of council run Pembrey Country Park. Although rumours of dishonesty, and financial and procedural...
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The Wellness Project (again), and other news
As I mentioned a while back, far from becoming open and transparent our best council in Wales appears to be retreating into secrecy like never before, see Exempt reports - flourishing in County Hall....
View ArticleEmail snooping...policy 'amended', three years later
Readers may recall that back in 2013 it transpired that Cllr Caiach's emails had been snooped upon by the chief executive. The incident had occurred in 2011 and related to the libel case, Cllr Caiach...
View ArticleThe police 'investigation' continues...
As eight weeks have now passed since I was informed by the chief executive's solicitors that he had reported me to the police, and as I have heard nothing since my enquiries with the police three weeks...
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June meeting
Given my current circumstances I was particularly aware yesterday that it was five years to the day since the #daftarrest incident at County Hall. Quite a lot of water has passed under the bridge since...
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Cadno's special case - This week's Herald
Readers of the Carmarthenshire and Llanelli Heralds will be familiar with columnist Cadno's excellent turn of phrase, and this week's piece was no exception;Cadno’s special caseMay it please the Court:...
View ArticleSchool questions...and a new low for Meryl
Carmarthenshire Council's recent foray into public question time at meetings has, to put it politely, been a bit hit and miss. Until a year or so ago it was unheard of for the great unwashed to enter...
View ArticleConstitutional contortions from County Hall
Back in April 2015 I mentioned the fact that the word 'Acting' had recently vanished from the job title of the Council's Head of Law and Monitoring Officer, Ms Linda Rees Jones. Ms Rees Jones had been...
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Enforcement of damages - questions in court
The latest development in the recent flurry of legal activity hovering over Caebrwyn concerns the damages awarded to the chief executive, Mr James, following his counterclaim for libel. This now stands...
View ArticleThe Pembrey Park scandal, an update
Back in March an internal audit report emerged identifying serious issues with the running of Pembrey Country Park and the Millenium Coast. The audit was carried out following the retirement of the...
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Unison Carmarthenshire campaign against outsourcing social care
Carmarthenshire County Unison branch have launched a campaign against the council's plans to outsource part, or all of social care services by forming a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC).The...
View ArticlePembrey Park scandal - where does the buck stop?
Previous post; Pembrey Park scandal - an updateThe council's Audit Committee met on Friday and discussed, amongst other things, the Pembrey Country Park scandal. It wasn't called that of course and...
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Executive Board Agenda - Questions, budgets, Masterplans and the Guildhall
There's quite a packed agenda for our executive board councillors to nod through next Tuesday. The Member for education, Cllr Gareth Jones (Plaid) will be particularly busy as the raft of public...
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Carmarthenshire Council enforce £190,390 legal costs
Further to the Executive Board decision to pursue me for legal costs, I received an Interim Charging Order today for £190,390 against my home. I have 28 days to object to the Charge being made final....
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