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Councillors Make Odd Choice of Path to Fix on Jesus Green
Councillors deemed this path the worst on Jesus Green and earmarked £30K for work on it. I observed Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on Tuesday the 21st of June 2011. Councillors decided to provisionally allocate around £30,000 to what their officers described as the worst path on Jesus Green – the one from (not […]
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Cllr Tim Bick Presents City Council Position on Aggressive Punt Touting
Cambridge punter wearing rubber gloves and a lifejacket earlier this year. At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Tim Ward, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Arbury put the following question to the Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health, Cllr Bick. (Cllr Bick has also been given city wide responsibility […]
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Jesus Green Playground May Remain Desolate Till 2011
The area of the playground on Jesus Green which is intended for younger children is rather desolate as old equipment has been removed. The city council may not improve matters before spring 2011. The play-area for younger children on Jesus Green is rather desolate at the moment as a number of pieces of play equipment […]
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Jesus Green Association AGM 2009
Repairing the path under the avenue of plane trees on Jesus Green is at last high up the city council’s list of priorities. On Thursday the 3rd of December 2009 I attended the Jesus Green Association’s Annual General Meeting. This was a public meeting, open to all, which had been advertised by email, on posters […]
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2009 Strawberry Fair
These Three Children Appeared to be Enjoying the 2009 Strawberry Fair Immensely Cambridge’s Strawberry Fair was held on Midsummer Common on Saturday the 6th of June 2009. I was present at a number of times during the day of the fair and on the day before. Cambridge-News billboards and the newspaper’s front page on the […]
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Suggestions in Advance of the October 2008 North Area Committee
I wrote to my local councillors in advance of the North Area Committee meeting to be held on Thursday 9th October. I made suggestions and comments relating to the following: Penny Ferry Works Minuting of the Discussion on Stop and Account at the last Meeting The Reporting of Chair’s Actions to the Committee Jesus Green […]
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August 2008 North Area Committee
I attended the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee on Thursday August 14th 2008. Prior to the meeting I had advertised it with flyers in the local area, and had written to my ward councillors. Below are my recollections and comments on proceedings: Planning The committee first met at 18.30 to deal with planing applications. […]
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North Area Committee – March 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection: Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire […]
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Huppert’s Law
Exciting news – I have chance to present a 10-minute rule Bill to Parliament on the 10th. I need to decide topic by tuesday. Any ideas? #fb — Julian Huppert (@julianhuppert) June 28, 2012 On the morning of Thursday the 28th of June 2012 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert tweeted to say: Exciting news – I […]
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Friends of Midsummer Common 2011 AGM
Friends of Midsummer Common AGM 2011. Mr Baxter (middle) in the chair. On Wednesday the 16th of March 2011 I attended the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. Key Points: The manager of the Fort St. George Public House attended and argued he, and his staff ought be allowed to continue […]