Category Archive: Councillors Blogs

Aug 03

Tom Reynolds Blog: Falling buildings, blame and the games

This article is from Tom Reynolds Blog: http://longtontom.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/falling-buildings-blame-and-the-games/ It’s been a dramatic week for Longton town centre with two buildings falling into disrepair to the extent that one (in Uttoxeter Rd) started to collapse and one (in Market St) need to be demolished. The subsequent road closures are of great concern to businesses in the town, who …

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May 18

Cllr Blogs: Spinning-Out could be a winning shout

Councillor Blogs: Tom Reynolds The last couple of years in Stoke-on-Trent the desperate vulnerability of many cherished community facilities has been devastatingly demonstrated. The problem has been the institutional reliance of so many of these buildings/organisations on the local authority, and in turn the council’s financial dependence on area based grants from Whitehall. I won’t …

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Apr 22

Cllr Blog: Why Pennies Do Matter

Councillor’s Blog: Abi Brown (Conservative Leader) The best way to start a blog is often with a cliche. Look after the pennies, we are told, however contrast this to the claim often thrown at those in opposition – you’re missing the big picture. Can you do both? Of course – anyone who decides to forgo …

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Apr 17

Action on Catchems Corner Car Sales At Last?

I was pleased to see an article in tonight’s Sentinel about the car sales on Catchems Corner, something I had touched on before in previous blogs. Anyone familiar with the Meir Park area will immediately know where I am talking about – the large piece of land between the Caverswall and Blythe Bridge turnoffs on the A50 roundabout …

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Apr 05

Grindley Lane Mobile Mast – Vodafone Trying Again But Through Stafford Borough Council

SOURCE: Abi Brown’s Blog   Regular readers will know that last year Vodafone put in a planning application for a mobile mast at the end of Farnborough Drive, and following a campaign by local residents and myself, it was successfully turned down. Tonight however I have been advised by a resident that planning notices have again …

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