Monthly Archive: July 2010

Jul 31

Canadian Geese – HELP!

On Thursday 5 August 2010 the City Council is receiving a petition of 600 names with regards to Canadian Geese and their treatment by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. I have also asked how many geese have been killed in the last five years in an offical question at the same meeting. When the incident happened at …

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Jul 29

Call for Full Investigation

After reading today Sentinel front page (HERE) regarding former councillor, Margaret Bailey, I am now calling for the Chief Executive of the Council in writinig to launch a full investigation into the matter as soon as possible, and that it report back to the audit committee. Many, many people have had the privilege of working with …

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Jul 28

My Questions to the Full Council on 5 August 2010

CITY COUNCIL – THURSDAY 5 AUGUST 2010 MEMBER QUESTIONS UNDER COUNCIL PROCEDURE RULE 9.02 The following questions have been received under Council Procedure Rule 9.02 from Councillor Barnes:- QUESTION 1 to the relevant Cabinet Member (Councillor Follows): How many Geese have been culled in the Stoke-on-Trent Local Authority Area over the last 5 years, where …

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Jul 19

Who’s Doing What?

It has now been 11 weeks since the local elections, and seven weeks since the formation of the cosy coalition Cabinet on Stoke-on-Trent Council, led by the elusive Mohammed Pervez. Journalists, at least one member of the public and myself have been asking for the list that shows which Cabinet Member is responsible for which …

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Jul 13

LSP Quango Should Be Scrapped

Upon returning from my annual holiday, the first headline in the local media to hit me was the ConLib Governments cuts to Area Based Grants (£3.4m) administered by the LSP, but responsible to (accountable body) Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The Area Based Grant system gives government funding to priorities and targets set and agreed by DCLG …

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Jul 12

Council Consultation Failure

Stoke-on-Trent City Council launches its consultation today in attempt to get public views so that it can decide where to make the huge savings necessary to make the budget balanced next year. On first glance this seems like a noble attempt to include the public in a very difficult exercise. Yet on closer inspection this …

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Jul 08

Chris Harman – Former CEO

Recently I have received a number of enquiries/ sources anonymously claiming that Chris Harman is once again working for Stoke Council either directly or indirectly through a consultancy. I didn’t want those people to think I had done nothing about it. Thought it best to put it on my blog that I have made extensive …

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