Russell says council budget shows school closures ‘completely unnecessary’

Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute’s MSP and Education Secretary, has been looking at the draft budget Continue reading

United opposition dissociates itself from Executive response to Commission on Rural Education

The following agreed statement has been issued by opposition councillors on Argyll and Bute Council Continue reading

Decoding Easdale

Against all the odds we gave ourselves, some sense of the heart Continue reading

‘potentially life threatening mistakes and omissions’: council’s misuse of schools in Thursday storm

School ferry at Kilmory demo 2 November 2010

The four women opposition councillors, all SNP members, have written to Education Spokesperson, Helensburgh-based Councillor Ellen Morton, in icily analytic anger Continue reading

Opposition Leader calls on Council to accept Government revenue settlement for 2012-13 – and queries responsibiity of opening schools yesterday

Following yesterday’s announcement by The Scottish Government of next year’s funding Continue reading

Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay Area Committee also sidelines opposition majority

Councillor Donald Kelly of the respected Argyll First group of councillors has pointed out Continue reading

Oban Lorn and the Isles area committee remains an opposition hold with a democratic deficit

The multiple coalition currently providing the ruling administration of Argyll and Bute Council Continue reading