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Bullspit!

Bullspit! Enquirer harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS reports on Tuesday’s discussion of dredging in Cabinet. ~~~~~ As a person with an interest in the Council, and in particular Scarborough Harbour, I sat down to watch the webcast of the Cabinet meeting [...]

January 16, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC 2020 Dredging Report

SBC 2020 Dredging Report Enquirer Harbours Correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS digs deeper into the state of the Borough’s costly dredging provision ahead of consideration by Cabinet reliant on Officers’ Reports. (Are you paying attention, Councillor JEFFERSON?). ~~~~~ A Report presented to [...]

January 13, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Leeming Bar Parking Ban – Extension Recommended

Leeming Bar Parking Ban – Extension Recommended Campaigner ANDY STRANGEWAY picks the drivel out of the Hambleton District Council Cabinet Report addressing the unenforceable Public Spaces protection Order (PSPO) at Leeming Bar. ~~~~~ Leeming Bar Parking Ban – Extension Recommended [...]

January 12, 2020 Hambleton District Council

“Fantasy Island”

Today’s Guest Author is the ever-popular Stormin’ Norman MURPHY, past and (putatively) future Independent SBC Councillor, who comments on the performance of Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.] in his role as Leader. ~~~~~ For most people living in the Borough of [...]

January 1, 2020 Scarborough Borough Council

Scarborough Borough Council  2020?

Happy New Year’s Eve from the NYE Today’s Guest Author is former SBC and WTC Councillor MIKE WARD, writing about the present dynamic of our Borough Council and how it will shape the coming year at SBC. ~~~~~ Scarborough Borough [...]

December 31, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

STRANGEWAY Pursues ‘No Filming’ Complaints

STRANGEWAY Pursues ‘No Filming’ Complaints Enquirer regular ANDY STRANGEWAY has lodged two separate Formal Complaints against SBC’s Director of Legal & Democratic Services Mrs Lisa Dixon, following her misinterpretation of statute authorising public filming/recording of public meetings at the Town [...]

December 26, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: “We Disagree With Recording Legislation”

Readers will no doubt appreciate an update on Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY’s challenge to SBC’s unlawful signage attempting to prohibit the right of members of the public to film and record meetings from the Public Gallery of the SBC Council [...]

December 20, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Leeming Bar PSPO: Truckers Knife Crime Victims

Leeming Bar PSPO: Truckers Knife Crime Victims Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY continues to debunk the unenforceable Leeming Bar PSPO. ~~~~~ Leeming Bar  PSPO: Truckers Knife Crime Victims I am shocked to learn that Leeming Bar Truckers on 27 November became [...]

December 13, 2019 Hambleton District Council

Back to the Futurist

Back to the Futurist Today’s Guest Author is the ever-popular former SBC elected member NORMAN MURPHY, offering his ‘take’ on what went wrong – and how it is yet to be put right. ~~~~~ It is beyond doubt that many [...]

December 1, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Robbing Vincent to Pay Paul

Robbing Vincent to Pay Paul North Yorks Enquirer Harbours Correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS identifies a typical soft-shoe-shuffle around the Puzzle Palace money-go-round. The Scarborough Harbour Reserve Fund has been taken short . . . ~~~~~ The Harbour Reserve Fund is being [...]

November 27, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council