Thursday, 6 March 2014

All For The Best

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One of the best performing councils in Wales with an excellent record in education, housing and social care. No, not Carmarthenshire but P...
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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Micromanaging ostriches - Updated

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Update And lo and behold, after refusing to allow the full council to discuss the matter, attacking the opposition, boasting how he ...
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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Top Banana

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If last week's marathon 5 hour extraordinary council meeting wasn't enough, you can settle down to another council webcast this comi...
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Friday, 28 February 2014

Council Crisis: A QC and some cops

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As the dust settles after yesterday's truly dreadful council meeting, Cneifiwr can report that County Hall today received a visit from G...
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Thursday, 27 February 2014

Turkeys voting for Christmas

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With the public sickened by the behaviour of the top brass at Carmarthenshire County Council, the county's name dragged through the mud,...
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Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Councils in Crisis: What the papers say

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As Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire county councils edge ever closer to melt-down , and the clock ticks down on tomorrow's extraordinar...
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Council Crisis: The end of the road?

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The South Wales Guardian speculates ( here ) that Kevin Madge's stint as leader of Carmarthenshire County Council could be about to come...
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Council Crisis: Y Byd ar Bedwar

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For anyone who enjoys a bit of old-fashioned and honest investigative reporting, last night's edition of Y Byd ar Bedwar was a classic....
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Council Crisis: Thursday's Meeting (Updated)

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In the run-up to the Extraordinary Meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council on Thursday intensive preparation and lobbying of councillors i...
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Monday, 24 February 2014

Making Enemies

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Back in November Peter Hughes Griffiths, leader of the Plaid group on Carmarthenshire County Council, called on Kevin Madge to allow council...
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Sunday, 23 February 2014

Council Crisis: Extraordinary Meeting

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Carmarthenshire County Council has published the agenda for next Thursday's extraordinary meeting to discuss the pension and libel indem...
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Saturday, 22 February 2014

A Good News Budget (II) Updated

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Update A couple of the comments on this post point out that all Welsh councils are facing cuts, and suggest that this blog is being unduly...
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Friday, 21 February 2014

A Good News Budget (I)

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Earlier this week the Labour and Independent groups on Carmarthenshire County Council pushed through one of the harshest budget settlements ...
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Council Crisis: Benefits Street Chief Executive Style

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Efforts to establish the precise terms and conditions of Mark James's decision to stand down from his duties as chief executive are con...
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Councils in Crisis: Three charged with misconduct in Caerphilly

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The Western Mail has just broken the news that the chief executive of Caerphilly, his deputy and the former monitoring officer are all to b...
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Council Crisis: Rebecca Evans AM wades in

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The fallout from the farcical meeting in Pembrokeshire on Friday continues, with Rebecca Evans, the Labour AM for Mid and West Wales, callin...
Monday, 17 February 2014

Council Crisis: Dirty tricks and some correspondence - Updated

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As we begin Week Three of the crisis sparked by the publication of the WAO's public interest reports, attention is now being focused...
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