Richard Taylor

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  • Cambridge City Council Accounts 2010-11 Open for Inspection

    Cambridge City Council Draft Accounts 2010-11 I have written to Cambridge City Council to make an appointment to “inspect the accounts”: Dear Cambridge City Council, I would like to make an appointment to visit the council offices and inspect the accounts as I am entitled to do during the open period which is currently running. […]

  • Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has Taxpayer Funded Second Home in London

    Cambridge MP Julian Huppert now has a taxpayer funded second home in London. The latest round of publication of MP’s expenses has revealed that Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert now has a second home in London, paid for at our expense. We are paying £1,170 a month in rent for Mr Huppert’s London property. We also […]

  • New Lottery Bid For Jesus Green – Meeting on 27 July 2011

    Notice taped to Jesus Green noticeboard – photo taken before it got very wet. The Jesus Green Association is holding a special general meeting on Wednesday the 27th of July at 1930 in Wesley Methodist Church. Outline proposals for a new bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund are to be discussed. The meeting has been […]

  • LibDem Leader Bourke Not Trusted With Confidential Information

    Left: Clarke (Conservative), Right: Bourke (Liberal Democrat) On Tuesday the 19th of July I observed the start of a Cambridgeshire County Council full council meeting. The council noted that Kilian Bourke, the Liberal Democrat, County Councillor for Romsey had become the Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition. The chairman invited party leaders to say some […]

  • Parkside Pools Refurbishment Consultation

    Noticeboard at Parkside Announcing the Consultation Parkside pools are due to close in November/December this year for refurbishment of the changing rooms. A meeting of Cambridge City Council’s community services scrutiny committee on the 17th of March gave the go-ahead to the work. Councillors were told the total capital cost of the project is estimated […]

  • CPPF Localism and Planning

    CPPF Localism and Planning Event On the evening on the 14th of July 2011 I attended an event run by Cambridge Past Present and Future on localism and planning. The focus was on the Localism Bill. The key points I took away were: The “Neighbourhood planning” provisions in the Localism Bill are democratic in relation […]

  • CBbid – Cambridge Businesses Face Tax Hike

    CBbid Logo. In February 2010 I wrote about Cambridge’s City Centre management organisation, Love Cambridge, considering raising taxes. On Friday the 15th of July 2011 Love Cambridge took some more steps towards levying a tax by sending out a survey to business rate payers in the city, asking what they’d like to see money raised […]

  • Interview with Ely Sector Police Inspector Robin Sissons

    Cambridgeshire Police’s Sector Inspector for the Ely area Robin Sissons – Interviewed for a Star Radio Podcast. Every two weeks Cambridgeshire Police’s Sector Inspector for the Ely area Robin Sissons does an interview with Star Radio which is published online as a podcast. Highlights are also broadcast on the radio. Last week I noticed @StarCambridge […]

  • South Cambridge Police Priorities July 2011

    The South Cambridge Policing Area On the evening of the 11th of July 2011 I observed Cambridge’s South Area Committee hold a session on the local police priorities. I submitted notice before the meeting started that I wanted to use the public speaking slot, to comment on policing. The police item was taken first, after […]

  • Three Damaged Cars an Allegation of Misogyny and Clare Blair

    On Friday the 9th of July 2011 Ex Cllr Clare Blair and her neighbours suffered damage to the their cars from kids throwing rocks at them. Clare Blair reported on twitter: Wonderful evening. Some boys tried to see if they cld throw rocks over our garage. They could. 2 cars damaged – 1 windscreen smashed. […]