Sunday, 30 November 2014

Stocking fillers

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Cllr Meryl Gravell, who draws a senior salary of £28,780 in her capacity as member of the council's Executive Board, has been unable to ...
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Saturday, 29 November 2014

Keeping up with the Parry-Jones's

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Twitter was buzzing last night after the BBC reported that the former chief executive of Pembrokeshire County Council, Bryn Parry-Jones, wa...
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Corporate vandalism

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Times are a' changing on the high street. Household names which we all grew up with, such as Woolworths, are no more, and there is a gro...
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Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Carmarthenshire in numbers

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£28,000 - the amount spent by Carmarthenshire County Council on the services of Mr Tim Kerr QC defending the unlawful pensions and libel in...
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Monday, 24 November 2014

It's official - Swansea is crap

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This coming Friday is the deadline for Welsh councils to agree voluntary mergers, and so far only four of the 22 have agreed in principle th...
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Saturday, 22 November 2014

Ed Miliband's White Van

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One thing guaranteed to annoy voters is when politicians engage in pointless point scoring. Calum Higgins, Labour's great hope for Car...
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Friday, 21 November 2014

The sums don't add up

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Carmarthenshire County Council has launched its latest budget consultation, and you can fill in an online survey here . Many of the propos...
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Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Another super white elephant

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The Tivyside Adverstiser is reporting what many people have long suspected: that Sainsbury's is scrapping plans to open a large new s...
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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Trelech - the runners and riders

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Nominations for the by-election in Trelech have now closed, and there are three candidates: Jean Lewis (Plaid Cymru) Hugh Phillips (Inde...
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Monday, 17 November 2014

Carmarthenshire schools facing massive budget cuts

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The council's Executive Board will meet today to consider proposals for budget cuts, and as usual the documents available for inspection...
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Sunday, 16 November 2014

Alphabet soup

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Train spotters like to go out with little books and note down engine numbers; twitchers like to race around to catch sightings of rare and u...
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Saturday, 15 November 2014

A Wonderful Job - November's Council Meeting (Part 2)

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The WLGA report and recommendations were eventually accepted unanimously by the council, and will now head off to a special working group wh...
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Friday, 14 November 2014

Carmarthenshire embraces change - possibly, and subject to terms and conditions

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The November meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council kicked off with the usual round of apologies for absence, including once again Cllr ...
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