Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Wales Blog Awards

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The Wales Blog Awards are back after a year off, and you can nominate your favourite blog or blogs in different categories from now until 28...
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Monday, 20 January 2014

#daftarrest and Dyfed Powys Police

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The event which triggered the creation of this blog was the arrest of Jacqui Thompson for filming a council meeting. The arrest was shocki...
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Return of the Mummies

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Update 10.31 a.m. Commission member Nick Bennett says that the Commission identified 935 public bodies in Wales - twice the number of supe...
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Cuts, Carmarthenshire News and Creative Accountancy

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The latest edition of Carmarthenshire News is now dropping onto doormats across the county. Most will probably go unopened into our blue rec...
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Sunday, 19 January 2014

Consulting on a fait accompli

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We can't say we weren't warned. For months now Carmarthenshire County Council has been softening us up in preparation for sweeping ...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Clueless

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The sudden closure of Garnant Golf Club, and the failure of the County Council's bid to secure funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to...
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Thursday, 16 January 2014

Tantrums, huffs, blackmail and foul play - the Community Asset Transfer Scheme gets underway

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If you watched the excellent series Tair Chwaer a few years back, you may recall a conversation about the dangers of GM food. "Just loo...
Wednesday, 15 January 2014

News round-up

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After a relatively quiet December, Cneifiwr is having to pedal very hard to keep up with events in 2014. Here is a quick round-up of devel...
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A level playing field

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Private Eye has published its annual Rotten Boroughs Awards ( here ) and sadly stiff competition from English councils meant that there was...
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Crapita - Coming to a Council Near You Soon.....

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Hurry, hurry, hurry! Book now to avoid disappointment, and you can head off to Cardiff on 18 March to a conference on Safeguarding Vulnerabl...
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Monday, 13 January 2014

Calum hits the campaign trail

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Having recovered from his, erm, cold and had a shave, Labour's Calum Higgins was out and about on Saturday as part of a Labour campaign ...
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Sunday, 12 January 2014

Wrecking communities

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Thanks to a correspondent for drawing attention to a property developers' website called Wreck of the Week . By chance this little gem...
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Saturday, 11 January 2014

A rough night, a rebellion and a resignation

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Several viewers noticed a dishevelled and unshaven figure slumped on the Labour benches behind Kevin Madge at this week's council meeti...
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Friday, 10 January 2014

A Rebellion

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The main event at this month's meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council was an attempt by senior officers and the Executive Board to ta...
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Thursday, 9 January 2014

Triangulated triage, a Trappist debate and a ticking clock - Carmarthenshire County Council gets back to business

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Having finished work for the morning, Cneifiwr logged on to what turned out to be the final 15 minutes of yesterday's meeting of Carmart...
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Standing up for human rights

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Uganda has been in the news quite a lot in recent years for its appalling treatment of gays, lesbians and others because of their sexual ori...
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Plaid sets out alternative budget proposals for Carmarthenshire

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Carmarthenshire County Council will unveil its plans for a programme of massive budget cuts in the next few weeks. In addition to hundr...
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