Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridge

  • Minutes of the East Chesterton ASB Meeting

    Following a public meeting with the police on Anti-Social behaviour in East Chesterton, Cambridge on the 2nd of April 2008 I requested a copy of the minutes from the council’s ASB section – they invited attendees to do this at the meeting. Two months after my original request, and following a number of emails to […]

  • Policing – Stop and Account, Honour Crime and Local Priorities

    I decided to write to Kevin Wilkins, County Councillor (£6840/Year), David Howarth MP Staff member (Another job paid for by taxpayers) and Member of the Police Authority (£7631/Year), as he told me on April the 20th he would look into the operation of Stop and Account in Cambridge, I have received a response from the […]

  • In Advance of June’s North Area Committee

    In advance of the upcoming Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting on the 19th of June 2008 I have written to some local councillors to make some observations. In summary : The meeting papers are appalling – the minutes of the previous meeting omit the local policing priorities which were agreed by the committee. […]

  • New pedestrian maps for Cambridge city centre

    My comments on the proposed new pedestrian maps for central Cambridge (http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/arts-and-entertainment/finding-your-way.en) : 0. If there are to be any distances on the signs they should be in miles, (or minutes walk), and certainly not kilometers or meters. 1. Which, if any, existing maps and signs are being removed? I note a node is planned […]

  • Abbey Road – Riverside – Promenade – Cambridge

    Plans for a proposed closing of the junction of Abbey Road and Riverside to traffic, and the narrowing of Riverside and the construction of a pedestrian promenade were displayed in the window of the Renault Garage on Newmarket Road earlier this week. I have looked on the Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council websites […]

  • Cambridge Matters – Distribution on Election Day

    To: Elections @ cambridge dot gov dot uk, copied to the local opposition on the City Council. I wasn’t very impressed to have the City Council Newsletter – “Cambridge Matters” delivered by hand though my door on the morning of election day. It’s full of charts and articles trying to show how great the current […]

  • Arbury Election Candidates 2008

    Shapour Meftah, conservative candidate for Arbury at the City Council Elections posted a leaflet to my house today, and as he was still on the street by the time I’d read it I went out to ask him some questions. I started with asking why he wants to scrap the “expensive area committee meetings”, he […]

  • CCTV on Jesus Green

    Martin Beaumont (City Council’s CCTV Manager), CC: Independent Punter’s Campaign I have recently had my attention drawn to the cameras in the bowling pavilion on Jesus Green. I am aware there are signs on the building, but believe that the way the cameras are mounted in holes in the wooden wall of the building, behind […]

  • April 2008 North Area Committee Meeting

    I attended the North Area Committee meeting on Thursday the 17th of April in Cambridge. Highlights Sector Inspector Jon Hutchinson assured me after the meeting that he would ask if stop and account records collected in Cambridge could be deleted/destroyed now records of stops and accounts are no-longer made. Councillors removed burglary as a priority […]