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Opposing Plans to Build Homes on Cambridge Airport – Heart Radio Interview
The approach of the general election is reinvigorating debate on the question of if houses ought be built on Cambridge airport. I’ve just been interviewed on Star Heart Radio about my views on the proposals to try and push Marshall off the Cambridge airport site and build houses on it. This was in the news […]
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Prompting a City Council Statement on Strawberry Fair
A girl with a chicken’s head at the 2009 Strawberry Fair. At Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 25th of March 2010 I asked a public question about the recently cancelled Strawberry Fair. I explained that I was using the public question to try and prompt a statement from the council and […]
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Digital Economy Bill Shouldn’t be Rushed
The Digital Economy Bill has been returned to the Commons for a second reading; a date has not yet been set. I’ve written to Cambridge’s MP David Howarth (copying the Leader of the House) urging him not to allow the Digital Economy Bill to be rushed through Parliament: Dear Mr Howarth MP, I am writing […]
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Friends of Midsummer Common 2010 AGM
Midsummer Common – Cambridge On the 17th of March 2010 I and about thirty others attended an annual general meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. This was a meeting, open to all, which had been advertised on the common. Interesting Points Council officer Alistair Wilson reported that the Horse Chestnuts on Victoria avenue have […]
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Opening Up Ordnance Survey Data – Consultation Response
In response to a government consultation on ‘Policy options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey’ I wrote: I am writing to respond to the current consultation on restructuring Ordnance Survey. I think as much OS data as possible ought be made freely available. As public bodies are major customers of the OS the public already […]
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South Cambridge Police Priorities – March 2010
Police report to councillors at area committees and councillors approve policing priorities for the next few months. I observed Cambridge’s South Area committee on the 11th of March 2010 where the first thing councillors turned to was deciding policing priorities for the South of the city. The police presented their report on the last three […]
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City Council Propose Buying 11 and 12 Year Olds Local Secrets Discount Cards
At Cambridge’s South Area Committee meeting on the 11th of March a proposal to spend a substantial amount of public money buying Local Secrets discount cards for all children in years 7 and 8 (11 and 12 year olds) was presented. Cllr Clare Blair, who made the proposal, explained that these cards would then give […]
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Tall Buildings in Cambridge
Around 150 people attended a public event for Cambridge city residents to discuss the potential for tall buildings in the city. . On the 3rd of March I attended a series of talks, and a workshop, discussing tall buildings in Cambridge. Kati Preston, the wife of Cambridge City Council’s Historical Environment Manager, John Preston, explained […]
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Castle County Councillor Belinda Brooks-Gordon Standing For Parliament in Haverhill
A few days ago I noticed that Belinda Brooks-Gordon, the Liberal Democrat County Councillor for Castle Ward in Cambridge, had blocked me from following her on Twitter. This piqued my interest so I made sure I monitored her public twitter feed carefully. On Friday she posted a tweet saying she was in Haverhill and I […]
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Secret Meeting on Wednesday to Discuss Cycling And Parking on Church Street Chesterton
Cars often park illegally on Church Street in Chesterton. As part of a scheme to make the road more attractive to cyclists Cllr Clare Blair wants parking formally permitted. At the North Area committee on the 4th of March 2010 I asked a public question about consultation in relation to a proposed Arbury Park to […]