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	<title>Cllr. Steve Cooke &#187; Local Issues</title>
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		<title>Lead member for what? Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/lead-member-for-what-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Salford Community Leisure (SCL) want to run a city-wide programme of summer sporting activities. The Lead Member of Culture and Sport describes this programme as &#8216;vital&#8217;, but states that has not budgeted for it and expects it to be funded from devolved community committee funding. The programme is run, and apparently instigated by SCL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cllr Warner: lead member for what exactly?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cllr-warner-lead-member-for-what-exactly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At council yesterday I asked Labour&#8217;s lead councillor for &#8216;Culture and Sport&#8217; what level of losses would be deemed acceptable for the Proms in the Park and the Ice Rink, which between them have cost the tax-payer many hundreds of thousands  of pounds.
His response was to say that none of the items on a recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activities in Victoria Park</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/activities-in-victoria-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Park in Swinton is lucky enough to have an active and dedicated Friends group, who each year organise a program of fantastic events in the park. Why not come along to some of those listed below?

Also going on will be the following events:
Wednesday 25 May		10.30am – 2pm: Coffee Morning for Barry Gordon (Victoria Park&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCTV on the Valley estate</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cctv-on-the-valley-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/cctv-on-the-valley-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news &#8211; after months and months of persistence work has started today on the installation of a CCTV camera on the Valley Estate. A huge thanks to our local neighbourhood team for helping push this through. Persuading the budget group to fund  the CCTV was not an easy task, but I&#8217;m glad that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Calming: West Meade and Enfield</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/speed-calming-west-meade-and-enfield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/speed-calming-west-meade-and-enfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years I&#8217;ve been working to get traffic and speed calming measures on Enfield Drive and West Meade where drivers use the two roads as cut-throughs and rat-runs from the East Lancs Road. Enfield in particular has a dangerous sharp bend and cars often speed round it. We&#8217;ve already got traffic calming measures for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post election</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/post-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/05/post-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A huge thanks to everyone who came and and voted on May the 6th. We had pretty rough time of it in Salford &#8211; losing a couple of local seats as the bost in turnout really helped Labour and led to surpise results for all the parties. On the plus side, &#8216;cheque-book&#8217; Blears had her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sound financial management?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/sound-financial-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/sound-financial-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council Work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the council wrote-off debts totalling £488,218.7 Sadly, councillors receive notices of debt write-offs like this on a fairly frequent basis. Apparently, this month’s council-tax write-off is an improvement of ‘1.46% compared with the same period in the previous year’. The vast bulk of this money represents people moving home and leaving debts behind.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Yo-Yo on Ice Rink Flop</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/labour-yo-yo-on-ice-rink-flop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/labour-yo-yo-on-ice-rink-flop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compare and Contrast:
26 February 2010 – Salford Council Press Release 
“Salford&#8217;s ice rink could have a new home this year if councillors agree a move for the festive attraction. Alternative venues, including Salford Quays, are being looked at in a bid to improve the pulling power of the event for would-be skaters and to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A day in the life of a councillor.</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-councillor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-councillor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a day of meetings. First was with City West and the Police to address problems with crime on parts of the Valley.  We’ve got a commitment for the police to provide more useful information to housing, and for housing to carry out more targeted tenancy inspections in the area to make growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent pulls out of race</title>
		<link>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/indepentent-pulls-out-of-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevecooke.org/2010/03/indepentent-pulls-out-of-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevecooke.org/?p=1081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there&#8217;s a story in the paper about cllr. O&#8217;Neill pulling out of the General Election campaign.  I&#8217;m told that he says he&#8217;s received a load of hate mail, which has forced him out. It&#8217;s an interesting accusation, and one that he apparently hasn&#8217;t been willing to back up with any evidence. I&#8217;ll have to [...]]]></description>
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