Month: September 2016

The council meeting yesterday was utterly awful in every way possible. It started at 1000 and didn’t finish till just before 1730 but it was the behaviour of Cllr Walsh and his cronies that stood out. I have never seen such a divisive and nasty lot. I have a few stories from this but here’s… Continue reading Cllr Walsh, who else?

Yesterday, I provided a brief account of the hearing, here. My email to all councillors did get comments from a couple of councillors and I quote one of these now, from Cllr Bruce Marshall. I am simply letting you see this and this should not be read as  an endorsement from me: Michael As you… Continue reading My hearing, an update

I regret to say that the hearing yesterday did not conclude the case against me, despite the overwhelming evidence (in my view) that I am totally inoccent. I need to be careful about what I say so the text below is what I sent this evening to all the councillors in the council. You may… Continue reading The hearing yesterday

I last posted on the complaint against me and on the hearing here. I am again very grateful to those who have helped with the crowdfunder, with the total around £2k as of today. http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/democracy-in-argyll-bute I doubted very much if anything would happen today to reach some settlement so that the hearing could be cancelled.… Continue reading Public Hearing 20 Sept. 16

I wrote about the complaint against me and the associated cost issues here. I am extremely grateful to everyone who has given me support, whether financial or in some other way. The crowdfunding site can be found here: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/democracy-in-argyll-bute I have this morning emailed all councillors, as follows, and this is the latest position on… Continue reading Complaint against me: update

My most recent update on the complaint against me can be read here. The earlier updates can be read here and here. I have been advised by many people to try and crowdfund to cover some or all of my legal costs. I have been reluctant to do this until  now but the costs are increasing… Continue reading My legal costs

I have just emailed all councillors to inform them of the hearing next week and to confirm that it is open to the public. The text I sent them is shown below. As you all know, a hearing by the Standards Commissioners was scheduled for 20/21/22 September in Kilmory. This relates to a complaint made… Continue reading Complaint against me: update

This continues from my 2 previous posts, here and here. These posts dealt with the same subject but focussed on the antics of Cllr Walsh and his refusal to submit a motion to the next council meeting. He has been reading my blog and has taken offence at what I have said. He’s asked me… Continue reading Health & Social Care

In yesterday’s blog (here) I wrote about the background to the privatisation of our care services and the pivotal role taken by Cllr Walsh as both a member of, and chair of, the committee that took the in principle decision to privatise. The Integrated Joint Board took a decision in June this year to close… Continue reading Cllr Walsh: playing both sides (2)

I thought long and hard about writing on this issue but with the recent decision of the new Integrated Joint Board for Health & Social Care to close Struan Lodge, the time is right. People in Dunoon will recall Dick Walsh making himself the saviour of Struan Lodge back in 2013. It was the proposal… Continue reading Cllr Walsh: playing both sides