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Road and Pathway Resurfacing Schedule
I’ve received the following letter from Trafford. As councillors, we will submit roads and paths from Gorse Hill Ward for consideration but with the best will in the world, we can’t guarantee knowledge of every street and road is up to date (particularly as Trafford Park makes up…
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The Not Credible Tale of Two Libraries – Thoughts on Council Meeting 25th January Part Two
The second major debate at last week’s council was Labour’s motion calling for Trafford to withdraw proposals to replace paid librarians with volunteers. Our Motion The debate Old Trafford Councillor Whit Stennett proposed the motion. He poignantly described the sense of grievance felt in Old Trafford and Hale…
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Salford goes for elected mayor – should worry all parties
BBC News Report Salford’s decision to go for an elected mayor should give us all cause for concern. It was pretty clear from all the vox-pop interviews the media undertook in the aftermath of this shock result that this was that most contrary of creatures, a negative yes…
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Weekly Update 23rd January 2012
Monday Meeting of member development (see previous post on working together) Stretford Neighbourhood Forum – A dreadful meeting. The Tories dictate the agenda for these forums and this meeting was so obviously a deceitful device to share some of the blame for their harsh budget proposals. Nothing original…
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Thoughts on doing things better – together
Excellent, albeit rushed, meeting of Member Development Committee on Monday night. The committee takes on a much wider remit than simply – training courses for councillors. At the moment we’re looking at the role of councillors in their community. With huge cuts to the spending power of councils,…
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Weekly Update 16th January 2012
Monday Transport for Greater Manchester budget consultation at Manchester Town Hall. A fairly well attended meeting although considerably down on last years. Support for ring and ride and real time passenger info. Less support for interchanges. Labour Group meeting in the evening. Campaign for 2012 is progressing really…