Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Gus Hoyt, Tess Green on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s the Green’s Tess Green.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Conservatives, Evening Post, Gary Hopkins, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mark Weston, Ron Stone, Sam Rkaina, Tess Green on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
THE political row over Bristol City Council’s plan to sell off green spaces is threatening to erupt again after Labour proposed an alternate way of paying for the scheme.
The council’s £87-million parks and green spaces strategy was supposed to fund improvements to scores of parks across the city by selling off up to 64 other open spaces.
But it prompted a huge public backlash last year as the authority was accused of “selling off the family silver”.
Posted in Bendy bus, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Public Transport, Transport, tagged Ashton Vale, Bendy Bus, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristol Temple Meads, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, Department for Transport, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Temple Meads, Tess Green on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
BRISTOL City Council’s flagship Ashton Vale to Temple Meads bendy bus route will not actually stop at the station, it has emerged.
The £50 million scheme is one of three rapid transit routes the council is finalising, ahead of submitting funding bids to government in September.
The idea is that the three routes will make life much easier for people who want to get from one end of the city to another.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Police, Riot, Stokes Croft, Taxis, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Cheltenham Road, Green Party, Gus Hoyt, Jon Rogers, Jon Stratford, Liberal Democrats, Montpelier, Police, Politics, Riot, Salvation Army, Stokes Croft, Tesco on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
CALLS have been made for an investigation into the police tactics used during both Cheltenham Road riots.
At a public meeting to discuss the area’s recent problems on Monday night, a number of residents said that either they or people they knew had been injured by officers during the two incidents.Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, tagged Ashley, Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, ESOL, Green Party, Green Spaces, Gus Hoyt, Politics, Southville on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Bristol Green Party
At Tuesday’s first meeting of the city council since the elections removed the LibDems’ overall majority, the new ‘green group’ of Cllrs Tess Green (Southville) and Gus Hoyt (Ashley) secured new commitments from council leader Barbara Janke in three key areas.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Cuts, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Cuts, Evening Post, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Abraham, Peter Hammond, Politics, Tess Green on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
NEWLY re-elected city council leader Barbara Janke has pledged to “build on the success of the last two years” and continue to fight for Bristol.
Speaking at Tuesday’s annual council meeting, Mrs Janke said her colleagues would not turn their backs on their responsibilities.
Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Politics on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bristol City Council leader Barbara Janke says a decision will be made within a month on whether or not to grant town green status for the site of Bristol City‘s proposed new 30,000-seater stadium at Ashton Vale.
In a prepared statement to be read at this afternoon’s full council meeting, she also says that the Liberal Democrats will halt the controversial green spaces sell-off plan while a review is carried out.
Posted in Ashton Vale, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Lord Mayor, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Colin Smith, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Peter Abraham, Peter Hammond, Plot 6, Politics, Temple Meads, Trams on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
THE future control of Bristol City Council is to be decided today, after nearly two weeks of political negotiations.
Barbara Janke is expected to continue as leader of the authority with the Liberal Democrats running a minority administration.
A rethink on trams, a review of the green-spaces sell off plan and a decisive debate on whether Ashton Vale should be a town green are believed to be among the main concessions that will allow them to remain in power.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Stokes Croft, tagged Ashley, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Carriage Works, Chris Chalkley, Comer Homes, Green Party, Gus Hoyt, Liberal Democrats, Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, PRSC, Stokes Croft, Westmoreland House on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
REVISED plans for have been submitted to redevelop one of Bristol’s biggest eyesores into more than 180 flats.
Comer Homes’ latest effort for Westmoreland House in Stokes Croft has 29 more flats than their last application, which was refused by Bristol City Council and then again after a planning inquiry.
The company says it has listened to the recommendations of the planning inspector who rejected its’ appeal and want to progress a scheme without further delay.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Green Party, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, Mark Bradshaw, Mark Weston, Tess Green on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
LETTERS sent to the thousands of petitioners who opposed Bristol City Council‘s green spaces sell-off plan have been branded a “waste of time”.
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