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  • Carmarthenshire TV - What's going On? on Nov 19, 2009

    An update on the forthcoming propaganda project, Carmarthenshire TV;Last month Assembly member Nerys Evans asked the following question of the Minister for Finance,"Will the Minister detail (a) the amount of money the Welsh Assembly Government gave t...

  • Will Someone take the chequebook off the Council? on Nov 17, 2009

    I have just learned that Carmarthenshire County Council are now going to ask the High Court for leave to appeal the court decision concerning Mr Humphreys and the mill in Llandybie. I do not know, and cannot imagine the point(s) of law upon which any...

  • Planning Department Prefers it's Own 'Methods' on Nov 16, 2009

    You would have thought that the consultation on the new draft TAN 6(Welsh Assembly guidance on developments in the countryside) would be a very important matter in a largely rural and heavily forested county, where developments in the countryside, pa...

  • A Question of Priorities on Nov 16, 2009

    I am growing increasingly concerned about the amount that this council is spending on external barristers. The ill-conceived action against Mr Humphreys has left them with a bill of over £35,000. I would question as to who the legal department is wo...

  • St Catherine's Walk - Freedom of Information Request on Nov 13, 2009

    As there hasn't been any reassurance from the Chief Executive, Mark James as to whether the tendering process for St Catherine's Walk, Carmarthen was all above board after the developers, Lincoln based Simons Group Ltd were fined for bid rigging else...

  • Ysgol Pantycelyn on Nov 13, 2009

    I notice from the Assembly website that Rhodri Glyn Thomas asked the Minister for Education, Jane Hutt, whether funds were available for a new school to replace Ysgol Pantycelyn and Tregib, here is the transcript;".... I would like to ask a specific...

  • Ongoing Relationship? on Nov 11, 2009

    I have been thinking more about the statement made by the audit officer that his investigations into the details of Counsel and costs to amend the constitution so that council officers can sue for libel were hampered by our 'ongoing relationship' wit...