Category Archives: Local government

Guaranteed bullshit

Posted on November 17, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Number 2 in a series in which the Bristol Blogger publishes information regarding the city’s World Cup bid for the Bristolian public at large that is vastly superior and far more accurate than the information highly paid ‘expert’ Bristol City … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Developments, Economy, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged 2018 World Cup Guarantees, Cabinet, Call-in, Department for Culture Media and Sport | There are 8 comments

World Cup bid manager can’t add up!

Posted on November 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bid Overview for Host Cities by bristol_citizen on Scribd Serial money wasting buffoon, Stephen Wray, the unemployable idiot the Lib Dems put in charge of our World Cup bid can’t add up. His bizarre press release sent out at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Developments, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Stephen Wray | There is 1 comment

Democracy suspended by council officers so they can write blank cheque for World Cup

Posted on November 15, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Yes you read that correctly. It’s totally unprecedented but normal democratic procedures at the council have been suspended on the personal orders of unelected Chief Exec Jan Ormondroyd and unelected Wig-Wearer-in-Chief Stephen McNamara in order to force through the city’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bath, Bristol, Budget, Developments, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Bath Spa, Jan Ormondroyd, Stephen McNamara | There are 6 comments

What a difference a day makes! World Cup costs hit £28m

Posted on November 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

If we are sucsessful and Bristol is a world cup venue there would be some extra costs as there is for any other event like the Harbour festival etc but the costs are comparatively small especially as it would advertise … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Budget, Developments, Economy, Lib Dems, Local government, Planning, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol City FC, Gary Hopkins, Jan Ormondroyd, Stadium, Steve Lansdown | There are 7 comments

£10m World Cup cost shocker!

Posted on November 12, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Let’s briefly cast our minds back to those heady bright days of summer. Especially those July days when local journalists sipped Champagne, at our expense, in the suitably genteel surroundings of the Bristol Marriott while Jan and Simon and Stephen … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Jan Ormondroyd, Richard Caborn, Simon Cook, Stephen Wray | There are 5 comments

Castle Park: free for all

Posted on November 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

I’m no lawyer so can’t verify how legally watertight this really is. But why let technicalities get in the way of us having a damn good laugh? Anyway, it turns out that one of the consequences of Bristol City Council’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Bristol West, Broadmead, Cabot, Developments, Environment, Local government, Planning, Politics | Tagged Castle Park, Town Green | There are no comments yet

Customer service pants

Posted on November 9, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News is drifting in about how Bristol City Council has gone about CONsulting on their planned closure of most of their customer service points or area housing offices as we used to call them before the loonies took over. Apparently … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Budget, CONsultants, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics | Tagged Access 2 Bristol, Customer Service Points, Mike Popham | There are 16 comments

Overheard: slap for a clap

Posted on November 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Intellectually-challenged primary school teacher and only person dumb enough to lead that pointless rump of out-of-touch middle class idiots who now make up the remains of Bristol Labour Party, Helen Holland, did what she does best on Wednesday night … … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, Planning, Politics, Southville, Whitchurch Park Ward, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Bristol City FC, Colin Sexstone, Helen Holland, Stadium | There are 11 comments

"Six in bits"? Greenbelt grab nodded through with barely a wimper

Posted on November 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Football Club are to get a new stadium on the city’s greenbelt at Ashton Vale after councillors voted 7-2 in favour of the controversial development last night. At a very long meeting featuring a very short debate – … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Lib Dems, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Planning, Politics, Transport, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Alderman Moore's former allotments, Bristol City FC, BRT, Development Control (South and East) Committee, Fi Hance, John Bees, Matthew Cockburn, Richard Mathews, Simon Rayner, Stadium | There are 63 comments

"Say yes", "say no", say what you like …

Posted on November 2, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City FC are ratcheting up their pretty blatant efforts to lobby members of Development Control (South and East) Committee in advance of the crucial stadium planning meeting on Wednesday. They’ve even gone and put together a little ad campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Bristol South, Developments, Environment, Local government, Planning, Politics, World Cup 2018 | Tagged Bristol City FC, Colin Sexstone, Development Control (South and East) Committee, Southlands, Steve Lansdown | There are 21 comments