macho man

I have had an interesting day much of which falls into the 'confidential' file so can't be discussed here...yet.

Meeting this morning with the local police and other councillors looking at crime trends in Forth. By far and away the highest crime is vandalism - according to the police usually carried out by teenagers, tanked up on alcohol at the weekends [I paraphrase]. There are several iniatives being trialled: bottle marking [where each local store voluntarily marks each bottle it sells with its own distinctive mark so the police can determine where the kids are getting it, then target adult customers at those shops who're buying and passing it on: like asking shops to adopt a voluntary over 21's policy on the assumption it's easier to identify who looks over 21 as opposed to over 18; targeted use of mobile CCTV etc. This seems a very practical approach to take and if it results in less vandalism and improved health for kids then it's a real win win.

A good meeting with Andrew, Ewan and Ian to discuss the education situation: it seems Marilyne is determined to come back with a fresh set of proposals... she is surely sore at the cavalier humiliation she suffered at the hands of the SNP...but it will be heaping problem upon problem to come back so soon. She will earn no brownie points for macho posturing...women never do...better leave that to the men!