Friday 06th December 2024,
North Yorks Enquirer

Browsing the "Phil Trumper" Tag

WTC: NO CONFIDENCE Time Again?

WTC: NO CONFIDENCE Time Again? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on attempts to hold Whitby Town Mayor, Councillor Bob DALRYMPLE to account. This time around, we have every appearance of a full-on ‘Pants [...]

November 29, 2024 Whitby Town

NYC & the Usual Suspects

NYC & the Usual Suspects Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY joins the dots on the matter of the democratic representation presently available to the people of the former Borough of Scarborough in the wake of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in North [...]

May 20, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

£1M Swimming Pool Sale Called In

£1M Swimming Pool Sale Called In – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining conflicting versions of another puzzling sell-off – the Scarborough North Bay Indoor Swimming Pool. ~~~~~ Readers may have encountered an article published on the [...]

August 24, 2022 Scarborough Borough Council

How Should We VOTE? (Pt.2) – DIRTY TRICKS and DIRTY DEEDS

How Should We VOTE? (Pt.2) DIRTY TRICKS and DIRTY DEEDS – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD – following on from “How Should We VOTE on 5th May? (Pt.1)”, in which seven ‘hot favourites’ were identified. Some of [...]

April 24, 2022 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

ARGOS: THE PEOPLE 8:7 SIDDONS

ARGOS: THE PEOPLE  8:7  SIDDONS – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting very briefly on the Planning & Development Committee meeting held on Thursday 9th December 2021. ~~~~~ Having attended the ARGOS Planning meeting, I am now [...]

December 10, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

ARGOS ‘Leak’ – Confession Forthcoming?

ARGOS ‘Leak’ – Confession Forthcoming? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, apologising for a significant oversight in a recent article. ~~~~~ I must begin by tendering a sincere apology for a significant oversight in my research for a [...]

January 24, 2021 Scarborough Borough Council

The Futurist Top Twenty

The Futurist Top Twenty an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reminding voters of a four-yearly opportunity to hold elected Conservative Councillors to account. ~~~~~ As predicted, not all 22 of the Scarborough Borough Councillors who voted in favour [...]

April 8, 2019 Scarborough Borough Council

Time For A SHAKE-UP!

Time For A SHAKE-UP! Guest Author MIKE WARD spells out the methodology of the Scarborough Tories’ spin factory. ~~~~~ The Cash Cow that is Whitby: The Plug-hole that is SBC  Scarborough Borough Council continues to take the ‘proverbial’ out of [...]

November 12, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Spending Whitby’s s.106 Community Cash In-House?

SBC: Spending Whitby’s s.106 Community Cash In-House? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on the competency and efficiency of the Council’s business practices in relation to Planning. ~~~~~ Readers are invited to examine the following [...]

March 21, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

Shock! Tory Councillor Owns Up!

Shock! Tory Councillor Owns Up! Enormous credit is due to Scarborough Borough Councillor Phil TRUMPER [Con.] (Esk Valley) for holding up his hands and admitting that the complexity of events during last Friday’s meeting of Full Council exceeded his powers [...]

March 5, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council