Election analysis insights
As the dust settles on the main body of the local authority election in Argyll and Bute – with the Dunoon ward voting tomorrow, some pictures are emerging.It is now possible to see where the school...
View ArticleThree administration members vote against agreed budgetary position on Struan...
[Updated below 11.30 26th April] Argyll and Bute Council has reopened the Struan Lodge issue at its meeting today, in an emergency motion tabled by Councillor Michael Breslin and seconded by Councillor...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Council: the horsetrading begins
There is a meeting being arranged for tomorrow between a curious collection of councillors:The SNP’s Sandy Taylor is rumoured to be the likely next party leader if Roddy McCuish decides to step down in...
View ArticleSNP tightens party grip on local councillors in further chaos
A range of credible sources have it that:SNP party group leader, Councillor Roddy McCuish intends to stand down as party group leader today and will resign from the SNP. This would be a typically...
View ArticleCouncil website out of date on current administration
As of 12.15 this afternoon, the Argyll and But Council website is showing the following as the Administration in the political composition of the Council:SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY GROUP (11)William...
View ArticleThe ‘killer’ motion for next week’s council meeting
On the agenda for next week’s council meeting on 27th June is the following motion:31. NOTICE OF MOTION UNDER STANDING ORDER 13That the Council confirms the Argyll and Bute for Change group as the new...
View ArticleEver Increasing Circles indeed – and a comedy turn for Monday
For Argyll has recently published an article on Ever Increasing Circles – an approach to improving council performance, emerging from the Argyll and Bute for Change group.From its philosophical nature,...
View ArticleSNP Group to meet on Tuesday 20th in time to put Argyll and Bute for Change...
The charade continues.SNP Group ‘Leader’, Councillor Sandy Taylor, has emailed his colleagues with a notification, but little detail, of the SNP’s attendance at two meetings this week:the Council-wide...
View ArticleFudge rules: no change – yet – at Argyll and Bute Council
This morning’s performance at Argyll and Bute Council’s August meeting was symptomatic of the irresponsibility that has characterised much of local government here since May 2012 and well before...
View ArticleComplaints about attendance of Councillor Iain Angus Macdonald
Complaints are circulating from constituents and fellow councillors about the attendance record (or lack of one] at council committee meetings by Councillor Iain Angus MacDonald of Oban North and...
View ArticleCouncillor Iain Angus Macdonald removed from council committee today
At today’s meeting, 5th September, of the ACHA Committee [Argyll Community Housing Association], responsible for strategic housing in Argyll and Bute, Councillor Iain Angus Macdonald was removed from...
View ArticleEvidence of what the SNP has squandered in Argyll and Bute
SNP sources at Argyll and Bute Council are pointing to positive aspects of their Group’s record in administration which remain unnoticed and unacknowledged.There is evidence to support their position....
View ArticleScottish Boundary Commission proposes to cut Argyll and Bute councillors to 33
Argyll’s continuing depopulation and its officially projected further 13.5% depopulation from 2012-2037 has led to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland recommending that the number of...
View ArticleHas Councillor Iain Angus Macdonald’s rush to transfer to the SNP fouled the...
One of the 40,000 or so new members who have flocked to join the Scottish National Party [SNP] in the wake of the defeat by 55.3% to 44.7% of the independence proposition the party put to the national...
View ArticleDead in the water: Oban transit marina
This morning, 15th April, saw the dead end of eight years of dedicated effort by a team that have taken all sorts of abuse and misrepresentation on the chin in order to remain faithful to the trust of...
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