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Tag Archives: Mike Bird
Fiddler’s Folly
Sent to the blog yesterday by the excellent [Godfrey Oakparkrunner], I here present the flyer for the sculpture unveiling binge set to take place in the Wood in a couple of weeks. My views on this hideous waste of regeneration … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, Shared media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Councillor Mike Flower, Local History, Local politics, Mike Bird, Mining memorial, Politics, Redevelopment, sculpture, Silly, Social Services, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Mining Memrial
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Hyperinflation returns
Settling down in front of the fire this evening, I was intrigued to note a strange statistic in the good old Express & Star. In a column I’d previously not been troubled by the existence of, ‘A week in local … Continue reading
Another cracking article by the Plastic Hippo…
Anyone who’s been reading this blog for some time will be aware of the Plastic Hippo – often outrageously funny, witheringly forthright and highly knowledgeable about Walsall politics, he often comments on articles here. Well, there’s a new article up over … Continue reading
Walsall Council issues statement about Remembrance Day parking tickets
Clearly mindful of the shitstorm that’s ensued from the parking ticket PR disaster of yesterday, Walsall Council have issued a statement apologising here, which I’ll reproduce in full below: Remembrance Day parking tickets Date Published : 09 November 2009 Councillor … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Apology, Council, Express & Star, local blogs, Local politics, Mike Bird, Parking, Parking tickets, Politics, Remembrance, Remembrance Sunday, Silly, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Flipping the bird
In yesterday’s post here, I urged readers to consider the national act of remembrance, to think a little about the horrors and privations others went through in order that we may live in relative comfort and prosperity today. The bright … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Express & Star, Local politics, Mike Bird, parking fines, Politics, Rembrance Sunday, Silly, Sunday parking, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Parking, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, war veterans
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Trucking absurd
There’s been a vehicle park on the corner between Beechtree Road and Brookland Road in Walsall Wood for as long as I can remember. I’ve tried to find out when the small patch of hardstanding was first laid, and folk … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, planning, Shared media, Uncategorized, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Beechtree Road, Express & Star, Haulage, HGV, HGV Crime, HGV Parking, Local politics, Lorry crime, Lorry Parking, Mike Bird, planning, Politics, Redevelopment, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Lorry Park, Walsall Wood Regeneration
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…And so it begins.
Just sneaking under the radar last night, buried on page 19 of the Express & Star, I note that leisure centres in Walsall are under threat of closure, including our very own Oak Park in Walsall Wood. This comes as … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Councillor Mike Flower, Express & Star, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood
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The Plastic Hippo – telling it like it is
Over at the ever indispensable YamYam, I notice that the Plastic Hippo has been at it again, and come up with a chillingly accurate summation of the current situation at Walsall Council. A controlling group led by a man twice … Continue reading
Sneyd Community School – Lessons from History on TheYamYam
Anyone who’s been following the Sneyd School saga really should read this excellent piece by the YamYam. Biting, uncompromising and brutally accurate, this article points toward the unfortunate future of education in Walsall. Comment: Sneyd Community School – Lessons from … Continue reading
Is it me?
I’m having a little trouble adjusting my horizontal hold today. Everything seems to be a little out of line, just a tad asynchronous or maybe even a bit disjointed. At times like this you need the stability of the normal, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Market, Doug Birch, Express & Star, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, Tesco, Tesco Development, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Peter Francis replies to council leader’s conjecture.
Following the previous article today on the Express & Star website which I blogged about here, Peter Francis has replied to the veiled implication by Mike Bird, that the former Head of Programme Management was in some way responsible for … Continue reading
Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis : Express & Star
That’s all right, then. According to a report in the Express & Star, Mike Bird has decided it was all that other blokes fault. How joyously convenient. Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis : Express & Star. S’funny, you … Continue reading
An apology: looks like I got it wrong!
To my absolute disgust and horror, whilst browsing the local news on the YamYam, I came upon a story from the Express and Star[1] about the top earners at Walsall Council. I was not horrified by the salaries – I … Continue reading
Lost property: can you help?
Have you noticed a tatty Tesco carrier bag containing boring paperwork just lying around? Have you perchance found a shoebox containing a shedload of handwritten dockets? Is there a consignment of chitties clogging your front gate? If so, you could … Continue reading
It’s gone all touchy-feely over at Walsall Council
Things are seemingly a bit odd up at the council of late – the change of leadership seems to have caused an outbreak of cognitive dissonance amongst the minions of the ruling Tory group. Some time ago, they were busy … Continue reading
Posted in Local politics, Walsall Council
Tagged Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Walsall Council descends into farce – that didn’t take long.
Just a quick post. From a new entry on his blog tonight, Councillor Mike Flower seems to have had quite an unpleasant council meeting this evening. Councillor Ian Shires also comments on it in his blog – it looks like … Continue reading
Posted in Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Mike Bird, Walsall Council
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Mike Bird elected leader of Walsall Council…
Cllr Mike Flower (cllrmikeflower) on Twitter. From Mike ‘Burger Boy’ Flower’s twatter feed, Councillor Mike Bird has been elected leader of the council, with Adrian Andrew (the man responsible for the highly popular ring road expansion) as deputy… judging by … Continue reading
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