Argyll First wastes no time in making major reform proposals
‘Hitting the ground running’ may be a cliche but it describes accurately the speed with which the councillors who have formed the new political group, Argyll First, have got moving in identifying...
View ArticleCouncil agrees way forward on weight restrictions on Mull’s rural roads
Argyll and Bute Council’s Oban, Lorn and the Isles area committee today approved a list of proposals taking into account the concerns of local residents and businesses on this issue. Some of the...
View ArticleMid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay Area Committee also sidelines opposition majority
Councillor Donald Kelly of the respected Argyll First group of councillors has pointed out that the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay (MAKI) Area Committee within Argyll and Bute Council is in a situation...
View ArticleSNP motion on road spending succeeds
At today’s meeting of the Mid-Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands (MAKI) Area Committee of Argyll and Bute Council, a motion was passed seeking to pave the way for fairer spending on council roads.SNP...
View ArticleSNP 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 ArticleCompetence of new council administration already under question
Oban is reeling under the shock of a completely unexpected appointment to the crucial role of Chair of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee.This committee has a series of the most serious and...
View ArticleBreslin gets no confidence motion in Walsh and McQueen on Area Committee agenda
Councillor Michael Breslin has had an emergency motion of no confidence accepted for the agenda of the meeting of the Bute and Cowal area Committee on 3rd February 2015.The motion proposes a vote of no...
View ArticleArea Committee ‘Evening Surgery’ for Oban and Lorn
Argyll and Bute Council’s Area Committee for Oban Lorn and the Isles is holding an Evening Surgery [open heart?] at the Corran Halls on the 3rd. of February from 7pm to 9pm.Everyone is invited to come...
View ArticleCastle Toward: ‘No confidence’ vote lost on the casting vote of pro-Walsh chair
[Updated below 14.45] The agenda for this morning’s meeting, 3rd February, of the Bute and Cowal Area Committee in Dunoon had a motion of no confidence in local councillors, Council Leader Dick Walsh...
View ArticleJohn MacGregor: A lost and powerful voice nails the blocking of the Oban Bay...
The email below was written by the late Councilor John MacGregor – elected in 2014 to represent Oban North and Lorn [Ward 5] at Argyll and Bute Council and who died before his first council meeting.A...
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