Argyll First wastes no time in making major reform proposals
‘Hitting the ground running’ may be a cliche but it describes accurately the speed with which the councillors who have formed the new political group, Argyll First, have got moving in identifying...
View ArticleArgyll First’s second motion to full council: bin the Executive Committee
Whatever they’re on, the rest of Argyll should start the same diet at once.Argyll First, the newly-formed political group in Argyll and Bute Council is motoring at speed.It now has a second motion to...
View ArticleSupport for Argyll First stance from within Council’s ruling coalition
The Helensburgh Advertiser has a piece by Councillor Vivien Dance, a member of the Alliance of Independent Councillors and who represents Helensburgh Central.There had been rumours that Councillor...
View ArticleSupport for Argyll First’s stance against Council Executive Committee
Community Councils discussing the communication on the birth of the new cross-party political grouping Argyll First have been expressing support for the groups’s proposal that the Council’s...
View ArticleArgyll First gets taste of Council bully-boys
Sometimes you despair.Thursday was the first formal Council outing of Argyll First, the new cross-party political group in Argyll and Bute Council, arguably the most interesting developments in the...
View ArticleMembers and queries: Argyll and Bute Council Executive Committee
The current members (2010) of Argyll and Bute Council’s Executive Committee are as follows:Councillors (given in alphabetical order of group or party)Vivian Dance, Alliance of Independents, Helensburgh...
View ArticleBudget crisis: Executive Committee discussion of Leader’s Report
The Leader’s Report tabled for discussion at Argyll and Bute Council’s Executive Committee this morning (27th January 2011) is a lengthy valedictory by the Council Leader, Dick Walsh, defending his...
View ArticleArgyll First returns to the arena to fight for democracy in the council
The Argyll First group of councilors, whose stature has grown significantly - on merit, with the steady, measured, objective and non-partisan stance the group adopts on all issues – have decided to...
View ArticleDetail on the Argyll First Motion to return decision making to full council
Councillor Donald Kelly made a strong case for democracy in the management of affairs in Argyll and Bute Council when he spoke to the motion had proposed to the full council yesterday (28th April...
View ArticleMid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay Area Committee also sidelines opposition majority
Councillor Donald Kelly of the respected Argyll First group of councillors has pointed out that the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay (MAKI) Area Committee within Argyll and Bute Council is in a situation...
View ArticleCouncil confirms way clear for Waitrose application for Helensburgh’s...
Councillor James Robb has just informed us that he has had confirmation from Argyll and Bute Council that the Executive Committee decision tomorrow (2nd February) may clear the way for the approval of...
View ArticleCurrent council coalition seeks to impose future political management
In a quite stunningly undemocratic move, the current ruling coalition of Argyll and Bute Council forced through a vote at its last meeting on Thursday 26th April which tries to imposes the status quo...
View ArticleSenior officers failed to process Cowal Games grant extension
(Updated below 16th August) It has emerged that Argyll and Bute Council’s CEO, Sally Loudon and its Executive Director for Community Services, Cleland Sneddon, neglected to discharge their...
View ArticleWe’ve had the prenup, now meet the matchmaker
The draft agreement to frame the proposed council coalition between the Argyll and Bute for Change Alliance and the SNP Group is to go to a vote at the SNP Group meeting tomorrow, Monday 23rd...
View ArticleRussell writes to councillors on Castle Toward decision tomorrow as some are...
There are two new developments in the saga of Castle Toward.On technicalities applied at his discretion, the Council Leader this morning denied a vote to two Cowal councillors attending tomorrow’s...
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