Archive for the ‘STV elections’ Category

Political Spin of the Day!

Posted: September 7, 2008 in STV elections

  A constituent has pointed out to me this classic bit of SNP spin from their Dundee website: “Cllr Jim Barrie – SNP Candidate for Dundee West Jim Barrie is well-known – and well-respected – as a Dundee Councillor. He has represented the West End since the Logie By Election in August 2000 when he [...]

Firstly, many thanks to the local resident who advised me about the new Monopoly game – click on the headline above to view more – and make sure Dundee gets included! As her e-mail advises : “We’re in 6th place just now and Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow aren’t even on the board! I was always [...]

Council results again

Posted: May 10, 2007 in STV elections

I was speaking with a West End constituent yesterday who pointed out the relatively meaningless way the way in which the City Council election results are displayed on the Council’s website. These merely show the stage at which candidates were elected (and give no indication of the performance of unsuccessful candidates) – to take the [...]

Election Aftermath

Posted: May 6, 2007 in STV elections

During the election campaign, I always said it would be like getting our lives back after the election! So it was really good yesterday to have a day almost devoid of elections, politics and the Council. Our older son was off to Rome on holiday after wearing out much shoe leather in the run-up to [...]

Today, had good news that the residents in Gowrie Street will be given the option next month to get brown (garden) and blue (paper) recycling bins. Also, good to get promises that the lack of a street sign on the south side of Almond Place and the very worn sign on Almond Place’s north side [...]