Way back in February 2014, Pembrokeshire County Council handed Dyfed-Powys Police (DPP) a thick dossier of evidence detailing various apparently fraudulent transactions in the Pembroke Dock Commercial Property Grants Scheme (CPGS) where large amounts of grant money had been paid out for work that wasn’t eligible for grant aid, or, in many cases, simply hadn’t... Read More »
email: oldgrumpy.mike@gmail.com One of my few claims to fame is that I was born in the little Cumbrian town of Wigton at almost the same time as the famous novelist and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, aka Lord Bragg of Wigton. Indeed Melvyn and I started at the primary school at the same time, passed our 11+... Read More »
PCC has issued a press release announcing a new e-bike scheme for Tenby, Haverfordwest and Fishguard and Goodwick. Cllr Rhys Sinnett has been appointed as front man for the project – some people will stop at nothing to get their name in the paper. It’s all based on the false belief that there’s no such... Read More »
For those who like round numbers, I am pleased to report that counsel’s opinion on the grants fraud in Pembroke Dock that recently landed on PCC’s desk is dated 12 December 2023, exactly ten years to the day from the infamous council meeting during which I was branded a liar by sundry members of the... Read More »
It was way back in 2013 that I first wrote about anomalies in the Heritage Lottery Initiative (HRI) and Commercial Property Grant Schemes (CPGS) in Pembroke Dock. And after I put down a Notice of Motion calling for elected members to be allowed access to information on these dubious grants, PCC mounted a spirited cover-up... Read More »
As budget-setting time approaches we are told that unless we agree to a huge council tax increase savage cuts in services will be necessary to balance the books. This year has been particularly fraught with warnings that failure to approve the budget with its 16% increase in council tax could lead to members being in... Read More »
Have you heard the one about the cash-strapped local authority that is being forced to raise its council tax by 16% in order to balance the books? No! Well, if you live in Pembrokeshire, you soon will, because that is the inflation-busting increase that Pembrokeshire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to recommend to full council when... Read More »
It was Dr Samuel Johnson who said that nothing more wonderfully concentrates a condemned man’s mind than the sight of the gallows. Fortunately, we have now put that sort of barbarity behind us and modern fashion is to dispose of the great and the good by way of the ballot box. I suppose that makes... Read More »
Despite the narrowness of the margin, last week’s attempt by the Independent Political Group (IPG)/Tory cabal to unseat Pembrokeshire County Council’s leader, Cllr David Simpson, turned out to be something of a damp squib. While 31-29 looks like a close shave, the fact is that it had been known for several days that it was... Read More »
It comes as no surprise to keen Kremlin-watchers like Old Grumpy that Pembrokeshire County Council’s Independent Political Group is seeking to make a comeback by tabling a motion of no confidence in Leader David Simpson at an Extraordinary Meeting to be held on Thursday 18 May at 10 am. So this is a good opportunity... Read More »
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