Rumours of serious tensions in new council administration
[This article was due to be published visibly yesterday, 18th December, as shown. It was, however, disrupted by a power cut in the ongoing storms, lost its formatting and although technically...
View ArticleSNP group vote for motion they would not second; and Provost chastises...
The prospect of being exchanged for the SNP group next year as Council Leader Walsh’s support act, clearly improved the fidelity of the Argyll Lomond and the Isles group of councillors at Thursday’s...
View ArticleCouncillors Breslin and Marshall at Cowal Gathering to champion Revive The...
Revive the Clyde is a campaign to encourage the Scottish Government to manage the Firth of Clyde marine environment and its fishery in an ecologically and economically sustainable way.The campaign,...
View ArticleSo who’s in the SNP Council Group today – and should they be?
For Argyll has seen records of conversations with Argyll and Bute Council’s SNP Council Group Leader, Sandy Taylor, which took place at the end of May 2013.Mr Taylor was asked who exactly were the then...
View ArticleSNP considering coalition in Argyll and Bute
Politics really are stranger than fiction.The SNP group of councillors are meeting on Monday 27th October to consider going into coalition with the current administration at Argyll and Bute Council –...
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Launch of a Credit Union for Cowal
This is a significant development in the campaign to move accessible and responsible lending away from the horrors of the fast-breeder interest reactors of the Wonga tribe. It is good to see Cowal...
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...
View ArticleMSP asks Council Leader to refer Castle Toward decision to Area Committee
Describing Argyll and Bute Council as a ‘casino bank’ for ‘offering to lend £1 million pounds to a body which couldn’t repay it’, local MSP, Michael Russell has just released a letter he has written to...
View ArticleInternal council emails on Castle Toward and South Cowal Community...
These exchanges are the material attached to the article of 12th January 2015: Castle Toward – the OK Corral.They record councillors’ responses to challenging questions asked of them by Dunoon...
View ArticleCastle Toward – the OK Corral
With a public rally 0n castle Toward coming up on Saturday, 17th January, the situation remains conflicted.Dunoon Councillor Michael Breslin sent a Christmas message to his fellow councillors who voted...
View ArticleRally for Castle Toward – still a road to travel
The spirited Rally held in Dunoon on Saturday 17th January by supporters of South Cowal Community Development Company’s [SCCDC] campaign to buy the neglected Castle Toward estate from Argyll and Bute...
View ArticleBreslin gets no confidence motion in Walsh and McQueen on Area Committee agenda
Councillor Michael Breslin has had an emergency motion of no confidence accepted for the agenda of the meeting of the Bute and Cowal area Committee on 3rd February 2015.The motion proposes a vote of no...
View ArticleRequests to Council Leader for action – now – on new community company offer...
This morning, 30th January, following the South Cowal Community Development Company’s [SCCDC] new offer of £850k for the property, based on a full ‘red book’ valuation carried out for the company by...
View Article8,747 sign petition for acceptance of SCCDC’s Castle Toward offer – as move...
As of this morning, 31st January, 8,747 have signed a petition for Argyll and Bute Council to accept the £850k offer for Castle Toward from the South Cowal Community Development Company [SCCDC] – an...
View ArticleCastle Toward: Special meeting of Council to happen
[Updated version 18.50] 12 elected members of Argyll and Bute Council have supported Dunoon Councillor Michael Breslin’s request for a special meeting of the council to discuss the Council’s position...
View ArticleCastle Toward: ‘No confidence’ vote lost on the casting vote of pro-Walsh chair
[Updated below 14.45] The agenda for this morning’s meeting, 3rd February, of the Bute and Cowal Area Committee in Dunoon had a motion of no confidence in local councillors, Council Leader Dick Walsh...
View ArticleCouncil, predictably, plays technical card to obstruct special meeting on...
Before lunchtime today, 3rd February, Councillor Michael Breslin received a reply to his request for a special meeting of Argyll & Bute Council to be called to discuss the council’s position on the...
View ArticleCastle Toward: latest attempt to get Council leader to admit to dodgy loan offer
This morning, 7th February, has seen another attempt to bring Council Leader Dick Walsh out of an indefensible denial that no officer offered South Cowal Community Development Company[SCCDC] a loan...
View ArticleCastle Toward: the smoking gun
A letter emailed today, 10th February, to a member of the community in South Cowal, by a Scottish Government official, replying on behalf of First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to questions submitted to...
View ArticleCouncillor in fight for vote on future of Argyll’s services at today’s Policy...
[Updated below 10.40] The core purpose of a local authority is the delivery of statutory services. Many would argue that it ought to be strictly limited to that.It is service delivery that is the...
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