Category Archives: Local government

Compare and contrast:

Posted on December 18, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

“We want our city to be an ambitious city that includes and values all citizens – whatever their backgrounds, needs or lifestyles. We want to drive forward real change that makes a difference to people’s lives. We want to ensure … Continue reading →

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SWRDA: Those executive travel expenses in full

Posted on December 17, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

You’ve got feel for our friends at the SWRDA – Chair Juliet Williams and Chief Executive Jane Henderson – struggling along on pro rata pay packages with benefits worth around just £166,000 and £170,000 a year respectively. How do they … Continue reading →

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Arena petition

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Bristol Rocks website have started a petition over the arena. Sign it here.

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New sweatshop plan for the city's poor

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

After twenty years of failed regeneration wonkery attempting to solve inequality in the city through a bizarre combination of obsessive equal opportunity practice and small-scale community action and six years of Kelly and his culture crowd promising action on inequality … Continue reading →

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SWRDA: You scratch my back . . .

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

That tireless worker in the public interest, Merchant Venturer John Savage – a board member of the SWRDA – told us earlier this week in the Evening Cancer after the cancellation of the arena project: in the end, we are … Continue reading →

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Northern Arc Ltd. update

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

We said on Friday evening that the two Merchant Venturers, John Savage and Colin Skellett, who have seats at the head table of the SWRDA, were currently in talks with Swindon-based GWE to merge their Business West operation with them … Continue reading →

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2008: Year of the comic book city

Posted on December 15, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

With just two weeks until the frenzy begins, news finally begins to leak out about the city council/Business West £70k a year cultural wallah Andrew Kelly’s grand vision for 2008 – our “city of culture” year. But first let’s reappraise … Continue reading →

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The great SWRDA swindle (reprise)

Posted on December 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

A mere three weeks after The Blogger reported something that according to the Cancer only “emerged last week”, our local newspaper finally spills the beans on the SWRDA‘s extraordinary expenses and junketing spending. They say about the regional quango, at … Continue reading →

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No pressing concern?

Posted on December 14, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The Arena bellyflop found Cancer editor Mike Norton sharpening his crayons yesterday afternoon and attempting to deliver a thunderous editorial on the matter. Here’s a bit of it: So who is going to be called to account for this fiasco? … Continue reading →

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Tonight Matthew we're going to be The Bristol Blogger . . .

Posted on December 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s good news for The Blogger tonight at least. The entirely predictable final cancellation of the ongoing arena fiasco gives us a night off. We’ll just leave the commentary to Bristolians who can do it far more eloquently and intelligently … Continue reading →

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