Well folks I attended my first Cabinet meeting as an ordinary citizen perched right at the back “observing”. Have to say its very different having been an elected member for 12 years then suddenly not. Don’t get me wrong, I mean it in a good way. No pressure. I think to some extent I tried …
Monthly Archive: June 2011
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Jun 30
Whispers in the Corridor
RUMOUR ALERT * *RUMOUR ALERT * Time for another chat from the rumour mill down at those hallowed corridors of power at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Cllr Wazir suspended for 1 month for his little bit of a nudge, nudge, wink , wink down at a school. Well this little story seems to run and run – …
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Jun 27
Stoke Council Demolitions Trouble Again!
Stoke-on-Trent city council and indeed many, many local planning authorities have been found to have been breaking the law with regards to demolitions following a ruling by the Appeals Court: R(SAVE Britain’s Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 25th March 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 334 Full Ruling: SAVE Lancaster CA approved …
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Jun 17
Pervez Cockup Revealed
Potteye can exclusively reveal the City Council and Pervez’s cockup over the appointment of the new Cabinet following the local election in May 2011. Pervez announced his new Cabinet in a City Council press release on the 19 May 2011 http://bit.ly/jHszfK- but published in the media on the 17 May 2011. Embarrassingly for Pervez, it …
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Jun 17
D4S Takes Action About Secret Council Meetings
Democracy4Stoke at its meeting last night, Thursday 16 june 2011, took the unprecidented step of altering its annual work programme following serious concerns about revelation of secret meetings taking place at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. D4S has now taken the monitoring and scrutiny of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s compliance with its own counstitution and relevant legislation as …
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Jun 15
Whispers in the Corridor
Well the rumour mill in the council seem to being going on overdrive this last few days and Ferret shall reveal all! Remember this is all hearsay and goss……..maybe? The first bit of juiciness is the rumour that Vanguard are so pissed at the way Stoke Council are handling their recommendations they are about to …
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