Month: April 2015

This part of the story has already been made public so the links below take the reader to the For Argyll site. They published this in January 2014. http://forargyll.com/2014/01/councillor-speaks-directly-on-castle-toward-actual-reality-and-argyll-and-bute-council/ The story in the link above was provided to Audit Scotland directly in March 2014. I made the following statement to Audit Scotland. The part 1… Continue reading A POTTED HISTORY OF CASTLE TOWARD ESTATE: PART 2

This potted history only goes back as far as the mid 90s to the time of local government reorganisation. Argyll & Bute Council inherited Castle Toward Estate at that time and only avoided a challenge to that ownership by agreeing to the continuation of outdoor education in the premises. That agreement was reached with East… Continue reading A potted history of Castle Toward Estate: Part 1

I wrote a letter to the Dunoon Observer on 20 April regarding some of the budget cuts proposed by Cllr Walsh. My letter stated: letter to Dunoon Observer 20 april 15 The editor let Cllr Walsh see my letter to allow him to reply and both letters were printed this weekend side by side. Cllr… Continue reading Cllr Walsh and his letter to Dunoon Observer on 24 April 2015

Yesterday the Oban area committee killed off the proposed Oban Bay Marina project. There is no need to repeat an excellent article in For Argyll so find it at: http://forargyll.com/2015/04/dead-in-the-water-oban-transit-marina/ As with the proposed Castle Toward buyout by the community, it seems the council’s views on what’s best for the local community are generally better… Continue reading Argyll & Bute Council 16 April 15

Cllr Dick (tator) Walsh has produced his first attempt at what needs to be done with the council budget over the next few years. He and his administration were, for the most part, No voters in last year’s referendum but he doesn’t associate his No vote with the big budget problem we have in Argyll… Continue reading Argyll & Bute Council 13 April 15