http://davidschmitz.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tottenham Liberal Democrats en-GB Tottenham Liberal Democrats http://davidschmitz.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Tottenham Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T19:47+00:00 United Kingdom http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000067/campaign_for_safe_crossing_by_queens_head_green_lanes.html Harringay Ward residents who have been campaiging for a safer crossing over Green Lanes by the Queen's Head Pub, Frobisher Road, have received a boost from David and Harringay Ward Lib Dem Councillors Karen Alexander and Carolyn Baker. 2009-09-12T12:31+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000066/land_grab_at_down_lane_park.html Currently there are some worrying proposals which could result in one third of Down Lane Park (near Tottenham Hale Station) being built over. 2009-08-20T13:59+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000065/haringey_councils_flytipping_record_still_rubbish_says_liberal_democrats.html Haringey Council still has one of the highest rates of fly-tipping in the country. Information revealed by the Liberal Democrats shows that Haringey has the 4th highest incidents of fly-tipping in London and is 6th highest in England. 2008-10-20T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000064/alarm_as_haringey_health_trusts_performance_plummets.html Haringey Teaching and Primary Care Trust's official rating for quality of service has fallen from 'good' to 'fair' and its performance in meeting national targets has fallen to 'weak'. 2008-10-16T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000059/liberal_democrats_criticise_labours_last_minute_attempt_to_gag_community_group.html Liberal Democrats have condemned Haringey Council's last-ditch attempt to stop Asian Older women's user-group 'I Can Care' addressing the Full Council on Monday night by saying its £12 million plan to develop Woodside House are now "on hold". 2008-10-15T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000060/no_to_heathrow_expansion_david_schmitz_welcomes_crossparty_support_for_liberal_democrat_motion.html Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tottenham David Schmitz has welcomed news that Liberal Democrat councillors have secured cross party support for their stand against the expansion of Heathrow airport last night. 2008-10-14T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000061/liberal_democrats_demand_independent_investigation_into_icelandic_bank_deposits.html It has emerged that Haringey Council was investing new money in Icelandic banks as recently as 29th September 2008, in news that have caused Liberal Democrat councillors to demand a independent inquiry into the fate of £37m of taxpayers' money. 2008-10-14T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000062/labour_forced_to_support_liberal_democrat_view_on_proposed_12m_civic_centre_relocation.html Haringey's Labour Council has been forced to postpone its £12 million plan to move the borough's Civic Centre. On Friday last week the Council announced that due to the economic crisis enveloping the Council it would be postponing the move to Woodside House. Liberal Democrats have welcomed the decision but continue to call for the plan to be scrapped rather than just delayed. 2008-10-13T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000063/action_taken_on_faulty_window_catches_in_haringey_council_houses.html All council tenants in Haringey will now receive a letter to inform them of dangerous safety catches following calls for action by Liberal Democrats. Homes for Haringey are writing this week to 14,000 residents advising them to check their windows for faults. 2008-10-07T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000057/liberal_democrats_demand_answers_after_childs_death_in_tottenham.html Liberal Democrats have demanded answers after Homes for Haringey admitted that more windows may have faults similar to those found on the window where a child fell from a third floor of a Tottenham tower block. 2008-09-30T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000058/save_haringeys_recycling_banks.html Liberal Democrats demanded a halt to the scrapping of Haringey Borough's 75 recycling banks. The revelation that they are to be cut was unearthed this week in a cross-party Overview and Scrutiny review into the London Borough of Haringey's waste management and recycling services. 2008-09-24T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000055/liberal_democrats_call_for_labour_resignation_over_alexandra_palace_investigation.html Haringey's Liberal Democrats are calling for the resignation of Labour's finance boss and former Council leader Cllr Charles Adje following the publication of a damning report into how, as Alexandra Palace Chair, he pushed through the controversial licence for Firoka to operate in the building. The Liberal Democrats say the revelations in the report show he can't be trusted to run the boroughs finances. 2008-09-22T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000054/david_launches_campaign_against_third_runway_at_heathrow.html David Schmitz, the Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Tottenham, has launched a petition against the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport, 2008-09-17T18:49+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000052/forty_per_cent_of_cancelled_parking_fines_due_to_haringey_council_error.html Nearly 1,500 Haringey residents had their parking tickets cancelled last year after appeals found Haringey Council road signs, markings and traffic management orders were at fault, it has been revealed. 2008-09-02T00:00+01:00 http://davidschmitz.org.uk/news/000053/investigation_exposes_cctv_cars__million_budget_bonus.html Questions have emerged over the fairness of Haringey Council's CCTV smart cars after an investigation carried out by the Liberal Democrats revealed that nearly one in eight of the 21,159 parking tickets issued last year were cancelled. 2008-09-02T00:00+01:00