Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Dundee West End Liberal Democrat councillor, has today (Saturday 11th November) launched a second version of his FOCUS newsletter edition 53, covering all other parts of the West End.
Park Wards Focus for November 2006 is now being delivered to all homes in the ward. A PDF Version can be found in the Park section of the Download area of this site. The main stories are:
Shepway Council has rejected a planning application in Valebrook Close, Cheriton. Planning permission had been sought for the erection of two detached dwelling houses with integral garages on a site adjacent to 65 Valebook Close.
The new owners of the Eaglescliffe Logistics Centre (formerly the MOD site) have renamed their site "Allens West" after the nearby railway station.
This week saw the Republicans lose control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, reacting to these mid-term results President George Bush has sacked Donald Rumsfeld as Defence Secretary. Commenting Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said "Donald Rumsfeld has paid the price for a policy of which he was the principal architect and whose implementation has been disastrous."
Liberal Democrats on Suffolk County Council today called for the county council to write to the Secretary of State for Health in protest at the deeply unfair funding formula for the Health Service. The funding formula is currently under investigation by a House of Commons select committee and has played a major role in leaving the region badly in debt.
