Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridge

  • Arbury Vandals Force Playground and Path Closure

    Youths with a motorbike on the playground at St. Luke’s School in April 2009. A PCSO is shown to the right of the photograph. St Luke’s School, French’s Road, Arbury, Cambridge has posted a letter dated the 22nd of May 2009 on its gates announcing it is no-longer going to allow the public access to […]

  • Following up the Folk Festival Losses – An Update

    Cambridge City Council lost £644,951 of public money when the company it contracted to sell folk festival tickets online in 2008 didn’t pass the money it took on to the council. On the 30th of March 2009 the council’s civic affairs committee received the report of an internal review into the loss and asked questions […]

  • Cambridge’s Riverside Promenade

  • Cambridge City Council Reshuffle

    I observed Cambridge City Council’s Civic Affairs committee on Monday the 11th of May 2009 which discussed councillors’ roles for the upcoming year. The formal discussion at a public meeting occurred following a Liberal Democrat group meeting on the Saturday two days earlier, the real decisions had been made there. The headline changes are: Cllr […]

  • Cambridgeshire Transport Commission – Police Input

    I used the opportunity available to members of the public to ask questions at meetings of Cambridgeshire Police Authority to ask the following question on the 30th of April 2009: My Question – TRANSPORT COMMISSION Will the Chairman of the Police Authority and Chief Constable be giving evidence to the Cambridgeshire Transport Commission? How will […]

  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority Dodge my TASER Questions

    On Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 I attended a meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority. Members of the public are able to submit questions in advance. I asked about the increased deployment of TASER weapons. My Question – TASER Why has the expanded deployment of TASER to all response police officers announced by the […]

  • Rare Outbreak of Common Sense as Cambridge City Council Shelves “Tree-Chess” Plans

    Substantial plans for felling, transplanting and planting trees on Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and New Square were taken to Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009. The plans involved: Playing chess with the trees on Jesus Green, moving them into straight lines. The felling of healthy trees on New Square […]

  • Cambridge City Council Lacks Imagination on Cycle Parking

    Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009 received a report from officers on progress towards installing cycle parking at the King Street – Manor Street junction. Officers reported that they are working towards providing six wall mounted loops on the wall to which bikes can be locked. The committee were […]

  • Proposals for Yet More Trees to be Felled on Midsummer Common and for New Planting to Encroach on the Open Space.

    Cambridge City Council’s tree officers have published a new plan for tree works on Midsummer Common. The proposals are being put before Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee to be held on Thursday 30 April 2009 at 1915 in the University Centre off Mill Lane. It is not clear if the final decision to go-ahead […]