Category Archives: Local government

EDF off

Posted on July 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

If you’re over 65 or over, then make sure you get yourself down to the EDF Energy Harbour Festival on Saturday and grab a front row seat for the immensely ordinary Beth Rowley and a host of other stuff you’re … Continue reading →

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Bikewash

Posted on July 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

We’ve had whitewash; we’ve had greenwash; now – courtesy of Bristol’s Cycling Demonstration City initiative – is it time for bikewash? One of the few actual promises we’ve had to accompany the Cycling Demonstration City money the city’s just got … Continue reading →

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Elected mayor now!

Posted on July 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Come on. It’s time to kick the current bunch of utterly useless, self serving tossers out of the Council House. Some sensible souls have started a petition so we can have a referendum on whether we should have an elected … Continue reading →

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Spot the difference

Posted on July 15, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

I see Bristol City Council’s middle management union, UNISON is on strike for the next two days. If anyone notices any change whatsoever because this little lot aren’t at work do let me know …

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Overspend watch

Posted on July 10, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Whoops! They’ve done it again! Looks like Bristol City Council have screwed up another capital project. This time it’s the £20m Colston Hall foyer project that’s still ten months from completion. Here’s the relevant bit of the report (pdf) from … Continue reading →

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EYLA for Bristol?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Blogger’s been following Boris Johnson’s Deputy Mayor fiasco over Ray Lewis – the defrocked priest, liar, fantasist and purveyor of Tory-funded boot camps for black kids – with interest and amusement for a week now. And it must … Continue reading →

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Tax 'n' spend: they're parking mad!

Posted on June 26, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Household fuel bills to rise 40%; food up 5-15% depending on who you believe; mortgage interest payments rising by the month; 10% tax rate gone; petrol prices way up. The list goes on … Meanwhile at Bristol City Council – … Continue reading →

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Open season!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The meeting of Bristol City Council’s Audit Committee on Friday to sign off the authority’s accounts for the year 2007-08 will soon be the trigger for a very handy piece of legislation indeed for you dear reader, citizen and voter. … Continue reading →

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Fancy recycling that!

Posted on June 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

“Bristol City Council still plans to introduce “pay-as-you-throw” rubbish collections – and residents could end up having to buy bags for their waste,” thunders today’s Evening Cancer. Who’d’ve thunk it? Er, anyone who read The Bristol Blogger nine months ago … Continue reading →

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CONsultation: the latest farce

Posted on May 29, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

In case you missed it – which is highly likely as the only place it’s advertised is buried in a PDF document in an obscure corner of the city council’s website – there’s currently an “ongoing” public consultation for the … Continue reading →

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