Tag: city council

• I’m in the newspaper, allotment signs, and more jumping

  

  I received another email from the council this week about my allotment. You may remember that they emailed me (and presumably everyone with an allotment in Aberdeen) a couple of weeks ago to say plotters would not be able to go to their allotments while the pandemic restrictions are in place. However, this was quickly […]

  Rachel M

  April 9, 2020

  Journal

  allotment, Berryden Corridor, city council, cycling, jumping, newspaper, Press and Journal, trampoline, transport, urban design

• My kids addressed the city council petitions committee

  

  It has been an eventful day. Sometimes I wish my life was dull and uneventful because right now I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed. Today, Daniel, Elizabeth, and I presented a petition to the petitions committee at the city council. The petition is asking for cycle paths that children can use to cycle to and from […]

  Rachel M

  June 14, 2017

  Cycling

  Aberdeen, city council, cycling, democracy, petition

• Depraved local authorities and Brexit

  My chalk protest message on the street washed away with the rain yesterday. So I wrote it again last night and again this morning and I’ll continue writing it over and over again until all my anger and grief is gone. Or until I run out of chalk. I didn’t think they would really do […]

  Rachel M

  July 6, 2016

  Journal

  Brexit, city council, deforestation, depravity, EU, European Union, felling, local authority, trees