| I encourage all councillors and our reeve to open the books widely, to solicit public input and challenge the status quo. |
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| It is just a shame that Cllr Hudson has nothing better to do than try to catch his fellow councillors in the act of helping out in the community. |
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| The councillors are optimists and we believe that the good will prevail over evil in our Garden Town. |
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| But councillors have warned the building would fall into a worse state of disrepair if talks with the current developer fell through. |
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| Scarborough councillors are being recommended to grant approval on Wednesday. |
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| Parish councillors have now agreed to form a group to look at the pros and cons of letting the chapel be used for weddings. |
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| Since then four more Labour councillors have crossed the floor of council chambers around the country to join Respect. |
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| He thanked in particular the local councillors who were generous with their allocations. |
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| The plan will go back before councillors and may also be put through a public examination process before being finalised. |
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| Hobart City aldermen have pushed for an increase in allowances for councillors for some time. |
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| That caused plenty of embarrassment given that some Labor Party councillors from Fairfield turned up. |
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| Borough councillors have been recommended to approve the proposal when they meet today. |
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| The facility will save ratepayers ' money by eliminating costly trips by councillors to the west of Ireland. |
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| Efforts to improve air quality in York are not radical enough to make a real difference, councillors have claimed. |
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| Therefore councillors get paid what government decrees and have no say in the matter. |
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| Seasoned councillors welcomed a crop of hopeful new politicians into their ranks. |
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| He also throws down the gauntlet to those cynics and critics of the council and the way councillors do their business. |
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| But council leader Dean Howson is determined to press ahead, saying councillors had to move with the times. |
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| The independent councillors are to propose a motion tomorrow to cast the vote again, this time recording the result. |
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| Plans for a new nightspot in Maldon have been rejected by district councillors concerned about public safety. |
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| Some county councillors greeted the council's initial refusal with surprise. |
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| The problem has been ongoing in Kew with councillors and the police pledging to get tough on the crime. |
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| The proposal springs from complaints to MPs and councillors from people judged ineligible for the concession. |
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| Two new parish councillors were elected this year on promises made to heal the rift caused by the controversy. |
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| Gogo said the investigations should not be viewed as a witch-hunt to remove councillors before the municipal elections. |
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| Parish councillors are expected to make their recommendations on the plan to Bradford Council. |
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| We have written asking for councillors to visit to inspect the damage and poor state of repairs, to no avail. |
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| Dissatisfied councillors had to forego raising matters under Any Other Business on the agenda due to time constraints. |
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| He said that he and his fellow councillors had been pressing the county council to install speed ramps at Manor Road, but to no avail. |
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| Local councillors come and go, all express a sincere desire to commiserate, but none has ever lifted a finger. |
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| The handover came in the same week that South Lakeland district councillors called for a public inquiry to decide the issue. |
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| Parents have got to get together and turn our fire on the councillors and the employers. |
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| Each one is made up of a committee of councillors from the wards in that area. |
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| During the study, some 18 councillors of the commission visited Tokyo's crisis center and its fire headquarters to study disaster management. |
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| Town councillors at Marlborough have expressed their opposition to any curtailment or reduction in ambulance services in the town. |
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| West Yorkshire Police Authority chiefs spelt out how they set their spending and council tax precepts to Bradford councillors last night. |
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| It will ask people if they prefer this new system or the current one of an executive of councillors being in charge. |
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| All councillors feel that we would like to reverse the situation but the present bed shortage makes this impossible. |
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| Rogue traders who prey on York's elderly residents could face court as city councillors step up their campaign against doorstep crime. |
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| He insisted councillors were properly briefed on outline proposals for the access. |
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| The attacks in Burnley and Nelson have been blasted by fire chiefs, councillors and police. |
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| When those actions came to light this February, councillors erupted in anger, almost derailing the whole process once again. |
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| A five-storey block incorporating offices and flats will now go ahead following the decision by councillors last week. |
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| Both councillors said regardless of the signs in place, people did not always follow them. |
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| It beggars belief that a group of local councillors can really believe there is any merit in this option. |
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| In Scotland that might mean utilising councillors and MEPs in a part-time capacity. |
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| But after several false dawns and funding setbacks, councillors were today able to confirm that the money was finally in place. |
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| Attending the imbizo were mayors, councillors and ward committees from the OR Tambo District Municipality. |
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| Can our present councillors ever make any decisions without first consulting consultants? |
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| Certainly, ward councillors will be having a word with officers and members of the executive regarding these proposed changes. |
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| Our discussions with councillors and from open meetings have prompted talking points. |
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| The councillors pointed out everyone knew cholera was due to miasma, the rising of bad smells from the foetid surrounds. |
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| Compared to members of other unitary authorities, Swindon councillors get a bad deal. |
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| We know the Labour councillors are opposed to it, so that leaves the Conservatives. |
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| If no candidates come forward town councillors have the power to co-opt a member. |
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| And councillors are demanding reassurances that correct procedures were followed. |
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| Ward councillors have reacted with dismay, saying it will mean the end of historical links. |
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| A majority of the councillors then agreed to co-opt her as a member and, before last night, she had been to three meetings. |
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| Plans to build a house on an uninhabited islet off the south of Sanday were turned down by islands' councillors on Thursday morning. |
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| The effect, however, is often to gag councillors from speaking out in advance of a planning committee. |
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| City of York councillors claimed its lateness was seriously delaying protection of the city. |
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| Boosterism, flattery, jollying one's councillors towards a decision are vital. |
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| So it is just fair that the wings of the councillors are clipped to usher sanity in the councils and for the sake of development. |
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| But councillors claim absentee and obstructive landlords and residents could block the scheme in some streets. |
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| In fact, it is being shut down by populist Labour councillors who have whipped up fear among the local residents. |
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| Tenants will sit side by side with councillors and independent members on the boards. |
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| Parish councillors today said the alternative uses were always unfeasible and the village needed a working bus station. |
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| So we put in for a national deal and now the same councillors are saying it has to be done locally. |
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| Nine councillors were elected after residents voted using postal votes alongside the district and European elections. |
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| Individual councillors sought advice and formed their own judgement about whether or not they could take part. |
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| The group took over only weeks before councillors voted to unlock the land. |
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| I find it insulting that our elected councillors are prepared to waste both their time and ours on such frivolous and pointless schemes. |
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| Most damningly of all, it is alleged that up to six new councillors are heavily in debt on their council tax and voting illegally in the chamber. |
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| Lakes parish councillors are considering whether to increase parish precepts in order to safeguard the future of two public toilets. |
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| Thanks should also go to the two local councillors who helped the Community Association steward the event. |
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| In local terms, I guess it's what you call the prefects or the councillors governing the student body. |
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| Now the borough council has invited town councillors to a meeting to discuss issues connected with the town centre and its regeneration. |
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| Originally the local county councillors wanted to sell the land to build a new church on it. |
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| The overriding message from residents was a wish for councillors to be held to account and to be open. |
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| But she said there was no law to penalise councillors for failing to vote on an issue. |
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| But councillors on the environment committee decided against imposing the changes. |
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| The councillors met with the developer and were shown the grounds and the proposals for the site. |
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| This is a plea to all bar owners and councillors to help make Bolton a place to be proud of and to prevent these tragic accidents happening. |
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| The council is a subset of Students' Council, made up of councillors who represent co-op students. |
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| It is a magnet for fly tipping and arson attacks and has been put on a hit list of problem sites drawn up by Nelson councillors last month. |
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| All the councillors involved could have opted out in 1999 with the guarantee of a golden handshake but they decided to remain on in public life. |
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| Town councillors and council staff in Marlborough are to take a softly-softly approach on the sensitive subject of wobbly gravestones. |
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| I have been in touch with fellow councillors in Poole about introducing pedalos on the lake, which would be better than boats. |
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| All councillors are given a copy of the constitution immediately they are sworn in. |
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| Local councillors are particularly keen to get a handle on the youth problems before work begins on the railings around the war memorial. |
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| Wilton town councillors say starting work on the area's new park-and-ride scheme could signal traffic chaos. |
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| If you don't like what councillors are doing in your name and party political dogma, then why not do something about it? |
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| The public inquiry could be called off, however, if councillors accept the officers' advice and do a U-turn on their previous decision. |
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| Town councillors want to know what the level of objection would be to any proposal to humanely cull some of the birds. |
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| All five motions have been signed by four of the five councillors elected in the Killarney electoral area in the June 11 poll. |
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| But now parish councillors have heard that he has written to complain about the state of the area's toilets. |
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| In 1901, the councillors gave up the privilege of having peons who used to accompany them during assessments and inspections. |
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| Plans to give Bolton's historic Market Hall a multi-million pound facelift were being considered by councillors today. |
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| Other councillors voiced their support for the gala but agreed there was room for improvement. |
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| Mr Deering assured councillors that the county manager had given a commitment that a decision would be made on the matter shortly. |
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| Opposition councillors have questioned how the incident was allowed to happen in the first place. |
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| Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses. |
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| Earlier she told councillors the suggestion to pin people down to one or two specified times a week was not realistic. |
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| On Wednesday, Dainty became the first of the three councillors to go into the witness box at Nottingham Crown Court. |
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| Now inept council staff and councillors are to waste public money on proposals which do not address the situation. |
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| People power has forced councillors to rethink plans to change school catchment areas and bar scores of pupils from their local comprehensives. |
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| Licensing chairman Paul Andrews said his committee was non-political and therefore other councillors were not told. |
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| Fire chiefs will meet council environment and highways workers and councillors in a bid to make the area safe. |
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| It is understood councillors also met a confused response when asking about the officer's register of interests. |
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| Next month, the scheme goes before planners and councillors in High Peak for approval. |
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| Despite interruptions from members of the Community Hall Trust and parish councillors present, we achieved just that. |
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| The standing joke in Liverpool was that we had more ex-Labor councillors in the council chamber than official Labor councillors. |
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| But Scarborough councillors are being recommended to approve the scheme at a planning meeting on Tuesday. |
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| There will be public consultation after councillors have discussed the changes. |
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| Two quick-thinking councillors saved an elderly people's home from going up in flames after yobs set it alight. |
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| He accused the local Labour Party of stopping Lib Dem councillors from delivering his leaflets. |
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| Scarborough councillors had been recommended to rule on the scheme before local elections intervened. |
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| He said that councillors were being asked to vote without full information when a material contravention came before them. |
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| If no candidate had been nominated by early next month councillors would have been given the chance to co-opt a member. |
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| Unless councillors of both councils do something quickly this lovely town of ours is going to come to a standstill! |
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| But Mrs Rutins said it was a legal requirement for all councillors to be supplied with the correct information. |
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| If the member wants to do that, he can go and see the councillors and have a chat to them. |
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| Senior city councillors have approved a traffic master plan aimed at saving York from future gridlock. |
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| He said the reason councillors voted against the change of use was because the premises are totally unsuitable for multiple occupancy. |
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| The councillors concluded by adopting the report and agreed to promote the idea that every house in the town should have smoke alarms installed. |
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| But opposition councillors found a number of unexplained additions in the report. |
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| More importantly, where are our elected Lib Dem councillors in all of this? |
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| The cabinet system at local level brings rich rewards for councillors in Bexley's cabinet. |
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| I have also noted that North Yorkshire councillors are about to pay themselves large allowances plus amounts for child care and dependents. |
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| Four Labour councillors and senior officers are looking into a proposed tie-up with a commercial organisation to take over some support services. |
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| But senior councillors have been on a penny-pinching exercise since the budget problems were first announced. |
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| He indicated councillors could be personally liable to pay back any loan themselves if they ignored legal advice. |
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| Local councillors are almost powerless, and even the best constituency MP is unlikely to rock the boat against a three-line whip in Parliament. |
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| Many councillors work long hours and may spend twenty hours or more a week on council duties. |
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| Those city councillors talk a good game, but then demonstrate that they really understand nothing about the fabric of urban life. |
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| The meetings provide a medium for local councillors to raise the issues of their electorate on a more intimate basis with Council officials. |
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| The future of Haworth Riding for the Disabled was secured yesterday when councillors passed plans to allow a static caravan on the stable's site. |
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| The tide of new developments has seen councillors warning of a melt-down for the town's overstretched infrastructure. |
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| Pendle councillors held a debate on phone masts and called for more power to decide where they went. |
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| This matter has always been a bone of contention with councillors but on this occasion no one objected to the proposal by council management. |
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| He is no doubt a serious man as evidenced by what he told the councillors when he was elected mayor recently. |
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| Worries about crime led councillors to postpone a decision on a leisure trail on a former railway. |
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| They hadn't informed councillors that the road would be tolled, the spokesperson added. |
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| He said ANC councillors had maladministered public funds and decisive action against corrupt councillors was needed. |
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| This mighty power will continue to press for county councillors to respect the professional judgement of their highway engineers and consultants. |
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| An intense and sometimes fiery debate resulted in councillors crossing swords on a number of occasions. |
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| County councillors also receive a mileage allowance and overnight subsistence if they attend conferences or go on other council business. |
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| Plans to build 750 extra homes took a step forward after district councillors formally adopted a development brief for the east of the town. |
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| The Labour councillors voted with the Tories in support of this motion, while the Lib Dems opposed it. |
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| The council officers and the planning councillors are to be congratulated on it. |
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| The matter was raised when councillors discussed draft policies on the provision of sewerage schemes in villages. |
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| However, are any councillors bothered about how things are currently going? |
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| I challenge anyone to dispute this once they have accurate knowledge and some experience of what most councillors do. |
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| A proposed car boot sale in Plough Lane would bring weekend traffic to a standstill, Wandsworth councillors have been warned. |
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| They are now putting out the view that management rode roughshod over the wishes of councillors but this couldn't be further from the truth. |
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| It is no secret that some district councillors had little or no time for the new town council. |
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| The present budget did not make allowance for the increase of the present 43 councillors to 90 during the next elections, said Shepherd. |
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| Several other councillors said the town council should add its full backing to the festival. |
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| To say that councillors are ambivalent about the idea is an understatement. |
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| Objectors to traffic calming measures at Burley Woodhead have been slammed by councillors who say the scheme is a vital for safety. |
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| Otherwise the application will be brought back to councillors and refused at the next meeting. |
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| Rodney Bass, traffic supremo for the county council, says it will see borough councillors lose all highways powers. |
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| By the same token, councillors ignore local strength of feeling at their peril. |
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| Parish councillors in Burnley have fallen out with their borough colleagues at the town hall over plans to build an apartment block. |
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| In contrast, few people attend open houses or public meetings, several councillors noted. |
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| During the passionate and often heated debate councillors stressed the increase was a result of recommendations made by an independent panel. |
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| He said councillors would like to see the building possibly converted into apartments without being demolished. |
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| On April 20 whilst waiting in the town hall with dignitaries and other councillors prior to the induction some banter and badinage took place. |
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| Residents' concerns over excessive traffic in Burdon Lane could soon be addressed if councillors back new plans to alter traffic signals. |
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| A high-powered delegation of Waterford city councillors travelled to Dublin yesterday afternoon for a meeting with the Minister. |
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| The battle to secure a household recycling centre for Westbury gathered pace this week as senior councillors were urged to back the plan. |
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| He urged councillors to rethink the charges, saying they were nothing more than highway robbery. |
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| The Labour-run council was attacked by opposition councillors for placing the blame on its staff rather than department overspends. |
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| He also pacified the agitated councillors by suggesting the formation of a core group in the council to take policy decisions. |
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| Over the last few months, councillors and residents say some local youngsters have been on the warpath, terrorising the people of Sutton. |
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| But community councillors representing the string of villages along the shores of Loch Ness have already submitted objections. |
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| They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority. |
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| It will be up to councillors to justify their decision at upcoming elections. |
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| However, ward councillors can either join a new political party or become independent councillors. |
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| But councillors decided to shelve the plans after protesters claimed the 50 pence-an-hour charge would deter people from using the parks. |
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| I have a sneaking suspicion that services would still be cut and that councillors would still see a steady rise in their allowances and expenses. |
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| Tendring Council officers will advise councillors there is no sustainable reason for refusing the original plans. |
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| I don't think councillors will vote for this with an election looming, it would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. |
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| Over half the elected councillors are new to the county council and can lead a fresh start. |
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| If councillors approve the latest proposals to the district plan it could be adopted by the end of May. |
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| It is a shame that our parish councillors are so unaware of the development of the communities they represent. |
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| Last month, a group of councillors who do not love parking pads launched a strike that may lead to a moratorium on approvals. |
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| He has to stop blaming others and recognise that local councillors badly mishandled this situation. |
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| I have made complaints to the council and to local councillors but I seem to be getting passed from pillar to post. |
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| But councillors eventually voted to close both schools, saying it was better to make a clean break before establishing the primary school. |
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| How can anyone expect him to sit back and carry on as normal when so many councillors have gone down the tubes? |
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| Recently, town councillors in Pickering warned that vandals who had been wreaking havoc were ruining the market town for everyone. |
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| During the discussion none of the councillors tackled him about the remarks. |
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| The councillors did reverse themselves on this matter after two written and two verbal submissions from me. |
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| Trades unionist Brian Anderson helped organise a major lobby of councillors as they entered the Guildhall for last week's showdown. |
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| Although municipal councillors were elected, mayors were once again nominated by the government. |
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| Respond drafted an alternative plan and then entered into consultations with locals, representative organisations and councillors from the area. |
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| That's the bottom line city councillors were faced with this week as they continued along the 2004 budget path. |
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| Listowel town manager Michael McMahon asked councillors to consider zoning a portion of land for the use of discount retailers. |
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| The decision to axe the brainwave was nodded through by both Conservative and Labour councillors without debate or comment. |
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| But it is hoping that a lobby of councillors it is organising on Thursday will make such protests unnecessary. |
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| Let the councillors side with local people rather than the interests of big business. |
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| Between the second preliminary hearing and the first directions hearing, I caught and exposed three councillors for rorting the system. |
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| Last week's decision by Liverpool councillors to establish a controlled prostitution zone made me think of my old university philosophy tutorial. |
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| Eight of the nine town councillors present, voted to accept the proposed budget, presented by the finance committee. |
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| Plans for regeneration of the world-famous hotel were given the green light by Lancaster City councillors this week. |
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| Some town councillors donned period costume to add to the authenticity of the celebrations. |
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| The sacking will also dent the reputations of most of the nominal Liberal and National sitting councillors for future council or state contests. |
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| Labour councillors have lobbied independent councillors to vote with them against the amendment. |
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| Unfortunately, even the brightest of new councillors eventually become jaded and beaten down by the bureaucracy of the mother ship. |
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| They also lobbied councillors and told them the increase in traffic would created a safety risk. |
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| We were worried the decision was made in advance but a couple of the councillors spoke up for us. |
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| The demand to reopen the ballot box was sparked by a statement made by three councillors who witnessed the ballot counting. |
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| Political infighting between councillors both across and within parties is mentioned and criticised adversely. |
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| This week I launched the Making Good Decisions programme for councillors and commissioners. |
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| Some councillors stressed that the decision was not final and the ultimate decision would rest with tenants themselves when a ballot took place. |
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| Teachers should also be in classrooms for all the periods allocated to them and those who served as councillors should be filled in for, he said. |
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| A planning application has been submitted for the new bus shelter roof and is due to be considered by councillors by the end of the month. |
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| Portlaoise town councillors are up in arms over what they perceive as a diminution of the powers of the town council. |
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| I called on councillors outside the room to return because the hearing would otherwise be inquorate. |
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| These hold to account the executive councillors in the new form of cabinet local government. |
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| The latest insult to local councillors is the plan to deprive them of any say in the health of the nation. |
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| A number of councillors have staked their reputations on getting this project done, and in that respect, the cost to the ratepayer is no object. |
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| Local Democracy week has been branded a sham by Tory councillors after their deputy leader was barred from speaking at a high-level meeting. |
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| The councillors were unanimous in their agreement that new hospital facilities were long overdue in the town. |
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| Another parish meeting can be called by the mayor, two councillors or six residents. |
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| The leader of the civic body should lead and guide the team of corporators and councillors in fulfilling the parental duty, Justice Menon said. |
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| Fifty Labour councillors last night held a secret ballot and voted to end his 15-year hold on power. |
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| Far from the stand-up rows and slanging matches of previous months, councillors kept their voices low, and largely, their comments to themselves. |
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| I was disappointed that our elected representative was so antagonistic to councillors who were working hard to resolve the dispute. |
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| Unfortunately, there are still some parish councillors who get elected or co-opted and then believe they can please themselves. |
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| Sldc councillors were almost unanimous in welcoming the budget and the increase in council tax for the coming year. |
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| The Tory idea stands a chance of success depending on which councillors turn up for the meeting. |
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| One day four town councillors visited the site, viewing the building from the outside. |
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| Henry VII's councillors were all selected for their ability, assiduity, shrewdness, and loyalty. |
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| East Riding councillors last week backed plans to demolish the Victorian buildings on the site and construct new offices. |
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| The problem of vehicles on the school run jamming up roads was being discussed by councillors this afternoon. |
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| Keighley town councillors say a railing around the plinth would enhance and protect the 80 year-old statue. |
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| It is hoped that all three local councillors will be able to be present to assist in the process. |
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| After a two-hour meeting, a number of Kilkenny county councillors present undertook to raise the matter at their next Council meeting. |
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| Does she not have the same right as the other councillors to offer fresh ideas, without fear of needless, unconstructive and childish bullying? |
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| Kennet District Council is already warning councillors that it will have to tighten the purse strings for the next financial year. |
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| Angry councillors abandoned a meeting in protest after it emerged the Mayor had snubbed them. |
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| Every week councillors nationwide receive pages of waffle from this Government advising us of our duty to take action to reduce carbon emissions. |
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| Planning officers are not expected to prepare a report for councillors before late October and a site visit would follow. |
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| City of York councillors were considering testing a scheme which would mean everybody would get a postal vote, replacing polling booths. |
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| Our county, parish and town councillors all need to see this if they do not wish to abrogate their duty to us, their constituents. |
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| Perhaps the first attendees could be those councillors responsible for ruining our city with their parking policies. |
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| We called the offices of city councillors representing various downtown wards, and their staff readily acknowledged the litter problem. |
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| There are 54 councillors and all of us represent our wards and work hard for them. |
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| Some councillors and police officers expressed concerns about bobbies being taken off the beat to escort prisoners to cells at Fulford, York. |
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| It is the first time in 23 years that all three city councillors in the ward have belonged to the same party. |
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| Any current councillors who plan to run for mayor will also have to resign their seats. |
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| And, to add insult to injury, our councillors have the nerve to put in for more expenses. |
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| And health provision is controlled by Swindon's primary care trust an unelected quango with councillors confined to an advisory role. |
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| He also urged councillors to accept the proposals for new special schools, which would also bring new primary schools. |
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| Tradition also fell by the wayside when councillors nominated two members to serve as deputy mayor, causing a ballot. |
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| The future of the Bell Field in Luckington still hangs in the balance after a meeting of district councillors last week. |
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| Opposition to the closure of the Lister Baths at Featherstone contributed heavily to all three Labour councillors who had represented the ward losing their seats. |
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| Membership of the committee is drawn from Bradford councillors representing wards in Keighley, Ilkley and surrounding villages in the Worth and Aire valleys. |
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| Issues raised will be discussed by the relief road working group, made up of county councillors representing local wards, and the county council will enforce the changes. |
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| The scheme was set for the go-ahead on Thursday but councillors decided to defer it for a site visit following a storm of objections from villagers. |
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| Under planning laws, permission for a rest home means the company can use a building as a psychiatric unit without consultation and councillors have no power to stop them. |
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| At last week's meeting, the councillors raised their own issues or concerns about the water abstraction, which is proposed for the northern, upstream side of Athy. |
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| Tewkesbury borough councillors have done an about-turn and withdrawn their support for the county council's controversial one-way system in Tewkesbury High Street. |
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| The election of the BNP councillors and the BBC documentary is hopefully a wake-up call to the fact we need some open and honest debate in this city. |
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| At last week's meeting of the City Council, agreement was reached to immediately add 297 of them to the list, despite some councillors voicing reservations. |
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| He said if the plans were approved, Sutton's Conservative councillors will call the decision in for further scrutiny by requisitioning it under council standing orders. |
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| The town may be a slice of rural England by day but town councillors say at night drunken louts recreate scenes normally reserved for town and city centres. |
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| The row over what to do about the pigeons has been rumbling on for nearly four years and town councillors are angry that the district council is not moving faster. |
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| Several left wing Labour councillors refused to stand again for election. |
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| If that does not happen, councillors may co-opt a new member. |
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| It follows an escalation of vandalism and loutishness in both resorts over recent months and a determination by town councillors to crack down on the anti-social behaviour. |
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| Scores of people, including councillors and cadres from different political parties, gathered at Nabukuyu Primary School to witness the distribution. |
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| Wiltshire County Council has got together with two drama groups to produce five playlets which will be performed for new councillors after the county council elections in May. |
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| Kirkby Stephen's heavy goods vehicle ban is being ignored by heavy trucks that rumble through the town at night, parish councillors heard this week. |
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| They organised a petition, lobbied councillors and attended a site visit. |
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| There will also be allowance increases for councillors with additional responsibilities such as those acting as committee chairmen and group leaders. |
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| Now, it seems, in order to cease being politically led nonentities, councillors aspire to become politically led somebodies by virtue of paying themselves more and more. |
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| Braintree councillors are concerned the town is becoming choked with traffic since the new A120 opened and fear the problem is proving a major bugbear for local residents. |
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| Their Royal Highnesses arrived shortly after 3.30pm and were introduced to several prominent Members of Parliament, local councillors and leaders. |
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| Devizes town councillors have agreed in principle to buy into a partnership that will provide a mobile skatepark to tour towns in Kennet and north Wiltshire. |
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| Somehow they managed to get one of the fire doors open from the outside but fortunately the councillors were able to close it again from the inside. |
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| Municipality administrators who allow councillors to block the suspension of municipal services of defaulters can face legal action and retrenchment. |
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| It has now turned into a boomerang which has left the policy makers in the soup with the councillors displaying a deep-seated opposition to the plan for an incinerator. |
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| The meeting took place at the behest of the councillors in the wake of a spate of untoward and vandalistic incidents which have taken place in the town in recent months. |
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| Earlier in 2004 Californian city councillors ended up with red faces after taking steps to protect people from the potentially deadly chemical dihydrogen monoxide. |
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| As councillors Ryan and Roche got used to their new positions with the broad support of their Council colleagues yesterday, tensions were running somewhat high elsewhere. |
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| Ms Munson is embroiled in a bitter row with residents and councillors over plans to convert stables and a garage at Great Easton into a dog training centre. |
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| But some opposition councillors have expressed concern the land may be part of the flood plain of the River Brain, which runs along the rear of Spring Lodge. |
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| The man behind plans to bring a big wheel to a York riverside park said his company might take the idea elsewhere if it was rejected by councillors today. |
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| But yesterday Scarborough councillors voted to allow drinking outside restaurants and bistros in the Huntriss Row area off the town centre for a six-month trial. |
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| It may be a bit early for decking the halls, but Canvey councillors are poised to ensure the island twinkles as brightly as anywhere else this Christmas. |
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| No one from the floor was in favour of the artists' studios but when a vote was taken by the councillors on the panel, four were in favour but three were against. |
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| Colleagues say the negotiating skills he displayed during his dealings with truculent Glasgow councillors showed he has the mettle for the big time. |
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| Planning officers were in the gun for a report to councillors on the company's plan to take some airspace to expand its convention centre that left out critical comments. |
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| If the auditor finds against officers and councillors involved in the failed theme park deal, he could surcharge them for wasting tax-payers' money. |
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| Already topping hoary hair the man was not someone that attracted attention, nor did he hold the commanding aura that previous councillors of his seat demanded. |
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| This has been brought up by councillors under Any Other Business at their meetings at least 20 times and has featured on meeting agendas on six occasions. |
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| Because of the disparate nature of the electorate, candidates must take to the high roads and by-roads and visit councillors individually to solicit their votes. |
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