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An interesting sign for those following the Highways PFI contract was spotted on a recent trip to Paris by this contributor to OnTheWight.
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Join others in Newport and Ryde tomorrow to learn more about the proposed new trade treaty (TTIP) being thrashed out in secret by the United States and EU governments that threatens minimum wages, digital privacy and even our democratic national sovereignty
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Chale resident Mike Starke shares a letter sent today to Royal Mail's Delivery Sector Manager, Joe Harris-Cormack, who has recently written to some residents and businesses about changes to delivery services on the Island.
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Mike Starke shares his view over what he calls the 'grim catalogue of failures' over Cowes Enterprise College
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Mike Starke writes to Eric Pickles in response to his suggestion that council Chief Executives could be scrapped by local authorities in order to save money
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Mike Starke poses several questions about the lack of salting on some Isle of Wight roads and the council's legal obligations under the Highways Act.
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Reader Mike Starke shares some relevant information about the founding principles of the Riverside Centre, to bring able-bodied and disabled people together under one roof.
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Mike Starke fills in some gaps to the highways PFI contract funder, Meridiam.
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There's not a person on the Island who doesn't want our roads to be rescued from years of council under-investment - but is committing Islanders to a 25-year contract the only way to fix them? Here's a list of unanswered questions - worrying, as Conservative councillors aim to vote it through Wednesday night.
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Mike Starke's view on the proposed Highways PFI contract and what will be voted through at tonight's Cabinet meeting.
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How much does the Island's independence matter? Would you mind if it was run by the Hampshire authority? Mike Starke wonders if changes now being made by the council, could ultimately lead to the loss of the Island's separate county status
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IW Stop The Cuts Alliance call for councillors position to be considered, as well as Head of Legal Services and for all costs associated with the defeated High Court Case to be revealed.
