Sounds like the #conspiracy theorists are busy in #Falkirk. At a public meeting- which ended in chaos- heard calls for local councillors to be executed over 20 minute neighbourhoods, and accused of genocide over phone masts. Shades of #US school board meetings- very worrying for #democracy
#Transport #LocalDemocracy #Scotland #ConspiracyTheories
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/call-for-falkirk-councillors-to-be-executed-applauded-at-community-centre-meeting

Another Monday, another day spent carefully explaining the principle of subsidiarity to a government that says it abides by it but keeps designing local tax bills that ride roughshod over it.

Closing date for the Scottish Government's proposed tax premiums on second and vacant homes closes tomorrow. Get your response in.

#ScottishPolitics #LocalDemocracy #SecondHomes

https://consult.gov.scot/local-government-and-housing/council-tax-second-and-empty-homes/

My column in this week's
@common_weal newsletter.

Written before the Labour and Green walkout of Glasgow Council's budget talks.
#ScottishPolitics #LocalDemocracy #Budget #Austerity

https://commonweal.scot/scotland-deserves-local-democracy/

"We are all being managed by chief executives, instead of represented by councillors."

Andrea Vance on Wellington Council's dumb, cringworthy & misplaced TikTok PR and how Councils really work.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/130716112/how-a-councils-weird-tiktok-account-represents-everything-that-is-wrong-with-local-democracy

#NZ #LocalDemocracy

RT @UNDPBiH: The public call for #civilsociety organizations' #projectproposal in Ugljevik has been extended‼ ️

New deadline: April 21, 2022 📆

More info 👉 https://www.ba.undp.org/content/bosnia_and_herzegovina/bs/home/presscenter/articles/2022/ReLOaD2_javni_poziv_ugljevik.html

@eubih #LocalDemocracy #WesternBalkans #ReLOaD #EU #UNDP

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/eubih/status/1514298093755371521