SNP meeting on Monday may be testing time for mega-coalition proposal
The agreement made between former Council Leader, Dick Walsh and the SNPs ‘negotiating team’ of former local party group leader, Robert E MacIntyre from Bute and novice councillors Louise Glen-Lee and...
View ArticleNew SNP group leader unable to keep the sheep in the pen
Now on its third leader in a year, the SNP group of councillors’ latest incumbent with the velcro-backed stripe on his sleeve, rookie Councillor Sandy Taylor, has just seen two sheep leave the...
View ArticleSNP Argyll meltdown: the band plays on
[Updated below 22.15] It appears that Councillor Isobel Strong, who is recovering from major surgery, did not sign to join Argyll and Bute for Change, the latest of the two new umbrella groups formed...
View ArticleInvitation only meeting for Argyll and Bute for – not much Change
Sadly, Council Leader McCuish’s will and ability to grasp the need to reassure the Argyll electorate by adopting a collegiate approach to local government responsibilities, is not yet widely...
View ArticleThe ‘killer’ motion for next week’s council meeting
On the agenda for next week’s council meeting on 27th June is the following motion:31. NOTICE OF MOTION UNDER STANDING ORDER 13That the Council confirms the Argyll and Bute for Change group as the new...
View ArticleEver Increasing Circles indeed – and a comedy turn for Monday
For Argyll has recently published an article on Ever Increasing Circles – an approach to improving council performance, emerging from the Argyll and Bute for Change group.From its philosophical nature,...
View ArticleCouncil Meeting: resounding endorsement of Council Leader as inclusive way...
[Updated below 22.30] The full meeting of Argyll Bute Council this morning, 27th June, spent 90 minutes debating the relative merits of a motion from the Argyll and Bute for Change group and an...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Council: where are we now?
The SNP proposal which was accepted on Thursday 27th June in preference to proposals in the motion from Argyll and Bute for Change, creates a position where:the council has no legal impediment to...
View ArticleInteresting up to date political composition of Argyll and Bute Council
Executive Director, Douglas Hendry, has prepared an up to date list of the political composition of Argyll and Bute Council.It shows the following picture:ARGYLL AND BUTE FOR CHANGE ALLIANCE (16)whose...
View ArticleWe’ve had the prenup, now meet the matchmaker
The draft agreement to frame the proposed council coalition between the Argyll and Bute for Change Alliance and the SNP Group is to go to a vote at the SNP Group meeting tomorrow, Monday 23rd...
View ArticleDeparting Council Leader applauded by chamber and officers
As he cleared his desk this evening, the departing two-time Leader of Argyll and Bute Council, Roddy McCuish, will have had the compensation of an unusually comprehensive public demonstration of...
View ArticleShuffling the pack at Kilmory
Donald Kelly of the Argyll First group is said to have resigned his Policy Lead position in the current administration at Argyll and Bute Council.Council Leader Dick Walsh has made it known that he...
View ArticleScottish Boundary Commission proposes to cut Argyll and Bute councillors to 33
Argyll’s continuing depopulation and its officially projected further 13.5% depopulation from 2012-2037 has led to the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland recommending that the number of...
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