Andrewmackembailey
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[quote quote=128460]OMG Shirley, your all missing the point here, Wrexham Council’s Protocol for a Royal Death will be more like :
1. Council will convene a meeting in 6 months’ time with all interested agencies to discuss the best way forward
in a robust and holistic manner.
2. Sub-committee formed to discuss and form a daft agenda for the future meeting in a robust and holistic manner.
3. Plaid Cymru’s prospective candidate issues a statement distancing himself from anything controversial or just
anything in general.
4. Plaid Cymru’s prospective candidate re-issues a statement distancing himself from anything controversial or
just anything in general, but this time in English as 98% of the population in Wrecsam do not ‘chariadd
Cymriag’.
5. Council issues statement claiming that Wrexham Bus Station is a safe environment.
6. A member of the cross-party commission for Wales says ‘I’m still quite annoyed to be honest’.
7. AlunH proclaims that vinyl is stronger than ever – it’s probably just thicker mate!
9. Council announce free parking in all Council owned car-parks from 3am to 8am on Sundays.
10.Post House Roundabout congestion could be to blame.
11.‘King’ Charles announces all Wales tour [except Wrexham] no change there then!
12. Kingdom Enforcement says ‘All Hail the King and plenty of ticker-tape en-route’.
13. Council decide to set up a survey monkey to gage the feeling of the town, then shove the results where the
monkey’s nuts end up!
14. Cll. Baldwig wears his trousers at half mast, not out of respect as such, but as per normal!
15. Call in CWP consultants to make a decision!
16. There is no 8 in this town mate!:)
[/quote]daave you excelled yourself – I nearly burst into a smile!
[quote quote=128423]I think what Councillor Andrew Bailey is trying to say above is that someone has been working hard for Gresford and the wider community for many years and tirelessly works to support the area. The person may not necessarily be an elected Councillor, but lives in Gresford and is aware of the local needs. Thanks go to Andrew Atkinson.
[/quote]depends what you mean by active! The moth that flutters around my reading light is certainly active – is it having any effect?
Alun Do you have any comparisons with previous years with previous years in particular any times there was not free parking?
[quote quote=124863]Well, at the back end of 2015 and with much triumph, a new year was heralded and announced, but here we are only 365 days later and 2016 is discarded like a used nappy or football manager and ‘another new dawn’ – the so-called 2017 is foisted upon the long-suffering electorate of this long-suffering parish!
How much longer are the local authorities going to get away with one disastrous scheme after another year on year.
Ok, so 2016 may not have been the best for some, but let’s stick with it people and make it work. Too often these days’ projects are abandoned or simply re branded like a Snickers or Cif – but change for change sake is not necessarily the answer.
There have been 17 amendments of this nature since the long-awaited millennium, and that’s official as I asked for a FOI, so there. I’m sure it wasn’t like this when I was a girl.
So, come on fellow fellows and others, let’s not vote with our feet – unhygienic and smelly for one thing – no, let’s dig those heels in, bury our heads, turn the other cheek, look the other way, turn another corner, sit back, put up shut up and take it up the ars…..chin!
Let’s start a campaign, sign a petition, whinge on social media – KEEP WREXHAM IN THE PAST!Happy same-old-same-old to all my friends, fans and followers, past and past!
Pedant though I am 2016 had a February 29th ( unless you slept through it ) so 366 days later!
[quote quote=124205]Bitterly disappointed that the SOH lead campaigners are unwilling to share their new evidence, which was used to support Mark Drakeford’s decision to relist the Groves, even though they have stated it will stand up to Scrutiny and will ultimately defeat any repeat legal challenge.
That being the case why don’t they spare the Wrexham tax-payer the bill of a failed legal challenge? Maybe their loyalty isn’t to the Wrexham tax-payer but to the political elite in Cardiff Bay.
All we can now do is wait and see what the legal beagles recommend.
Cllr Phil Wynn
Phil
It is not SOH who need to save the taxpayers of Wrexham the bill of ” a failed legal challenge ” ( your words) as they do not support such a blind alleyway approach. That is entirely down to the executive board.
Why not as Wrexview says get all parties round the table to explore possibilities. That after all was the agreed Council policy iniated by your good friend Councillor Malcolm King when he was lead member in 2012 until the executive board ( I won’t say Council) unilaterally withdrew from discussion in November 2015.[quote quote=124016]Wrexview – when have you ever seen an Executive Board decsion not going through on the nod– has there ever been a time when the vote was nit 10 – 0 in favour of the Lead Members report.
the deabate (if that’s what you can call it) all takes place before the public meeting and the other 40 odd Councillors have no chance of changeing a recomendation. It is dictatorial politics with only one way — my may (in this casec The Leader of the Council).Hi Carol – ” was there ever a time when it was not 10-0 in favour of Lead Members reports?
Yes- up to May 2015 the executive board was politically balanced and on occasion the vote was 7-3 or 8-2 but the present Independent/Tory cabal subsequently took all the places for themselves. That created 3 extra Lead Member salaries cost > £30k and when given an option to take a lower rate or higher rate ,as put forward by the Independent Renumeration Panel I will give you one guess which was chosen cost > £22k.
And they can’t afford even £50k for Splash![quote quote=123514]
i said Bah Humbug about this in 2014 and have not changed my mind . A) it is not NEVER Holidays and B) as Owain illustrates not an example of promoting healthy eating!
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I really dont know were the £750k figyre for PWC has come from the contract was 10% of savings £4.6 million on the 3 year programme to save £45 million — perhaops Clr Neil Rogers who was Leader of the Council at the time and authorised the contract may be prepared to shed some light–and of course Counciorl Andrew Bailey who cointrubutes to these forums was a member of the then Labour led Council that brought them in.. Cant blame Clr Pritchard for this one..
Hi Dylan , Thanks for your mention and maybe I can clarify the PWC position. PWC were indeed appointed in July 2013 to do a ” scoping exercise on the reshaping budget . The were selected after “a rigorous
Selection process involving relevant officers and Lead members ” ( sadly never myself) . Clue leader of the coalition administration at the time was indeed Neil Rogers and deputy leader Mark Pritchard.
The Phase 2 of the process ,where PWC were appointed to undertake the subsequent stages ,with the 10% clause included was in January 2013. Leader of the council and lead member for corporate and financial affairs at the time- Councillor Mark Pritchard.Correction – Phase 2 was agreed on 13th January 2015 and phase 1 in July 2014. The July 2013 reference was the start of the reshaping project To look at the financial challenge facing the authority ” whilst giving priority for the most vulnerable. Probably best if I leave it to others to judge whether the Tory – Independent council in charge for the past two years has done that.
[quote quote=121363]I really dont know were the £750k figyre for PWC has come from the contract was 10% of savings £4.6 million on the 3 year programme to save £45 million — perhaops Clr Neil Rogers who was Leader of the Council at the time and authorised the contract may be prepared to shed some light–and of course Counciorl Andrew Bailey who cointrubutes to these forums was a member of the then Labour led Council that brought them in.. Cant blame Clr Pritchard for this one..
Hi Dylan , Thanks for your mention and maybe I can clarify the PWC position. PWC were indeed appointed in July 2013 to do a ” scoping exercise on the reshaping budget . The were selected after “a rigorous
Selection process involving relevant officers and Lead members ” ( sadly never myself) . Clue leader of the coalition administration at the time was indeed Neil Rogers and deputy leader Mark Pritchard.
The Phase 2 of the process ,where PWC were appointed to undertake the subsequent stages ,with the 10% clause included was in January 2013. Leader of the council and lead member for corporate and financial affairs at the time- Councillor Mark Pritchard.[quote quote=121024]Specially if you have your Facebook account open to the public. Then every site you surf will go on your time line.
Best to keep it just to friends.According to my ” in house experts ” it is all to do with the musical tastes of the Democratic candidate for President in 2000- Al Gore rhythms
