Martin Mullaney YouTube Update
After his somewhat infamous tagging video it seems councillor Martin Mullaney has gotten the YouTube bug in a major way. You can browse all his works from his profile but I'd especially like to draw your attention to this masterpiece where he joins Keith Marsden, the manager of Epic Skate Park in Moseley, to explore the derelict building in front of his establishment.
At first this is a fascinating chance to see inside the offices of the old tram depot which, despite being a listed building, has fallen into a state of terrible disrepair, but it then turns into one of those classic TV moments when the owner of the property turns up and is none too happy. It's not on tape but according to Martin "there was a resulting scuffle ... which ended up with Mr Zaman picking up a 4foot long piece of wood and threatening to whack me over the head with it."
There are other videos of Martin exploring areas in his ward that need a good tidy-up, usually in response to complains from residents and I'm struck by how this very low-budget approach really opens up the dialogue between councillors and the public, not just by illustrating what's being done but by having a forum under the video for debate.
Martin's very keen on the Section 215 Notice which I'd not come across before. In essence it allows the council to demand a landowner tidy up their land. If they don't then the council do it themselves and charge the landowner. So far two of these have been served in Moseley and Kings Heath.
But it's not just council stuff that Martin's posting. He's also done a fascinating eight part series behind the scenes of the Moseley Road Public Baths, the highlight for me being the old boiler house.
Here's the full set: Intro, 1st Class Mens, 2nd Class Men's, Women's, Filter Room, Boiler House, Committee Room, Roof. Excellent stuff!
You'll remember me being rather disillusioned by the council having witnessed Mike Whitby in action last week. He could learn a few lessons from Martin I think.
Thanks to John Mostyn for the heads up.
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My gods, he's on MySpace too, and quite proactively by the looks of things!
At first this is a fascinating chance to see inside the offices of the old tram depot which, despite being a listed building, has fallen into a state of terrible disrepair, but it then turns into one of those classic TV moments when the owner of the property turns up and is none too happy. It's not on tape but according to Martin "there was a resulting scuffle ... which ended up with Mr Zaman picking up a 4foot long piece of wood and threatening to whack me over the head with it."
There are other videos of Martin exploring areas in his ward that need a good tidy-up, usually in response to complains from residents and I'm struck by how this very low-budget approach really opens up the dialogue between councillors and the public, not just by illustrating what's being done but by having a forum under the video for debate.
Martin's very keen on the Section 215 Notice which I'd not come across before. In essence it allows the council to demand a landowner tidy up their land. If they don't then the council do it themselves and charge the landowner. So far two of these have been served in Moseley and Kings Heath.
But it's not just council stuff that Martin's posting. He's also done a fascinating eight part series behind the scenes of the Moseley Road Public Baths, the highlight for me being the old boiler house.
Here's the full set: Intro, 1st Class Mens, 2nd Class Men's, Women's, Filter Room, Boiler House, Committee Room, Roof. Excellent stuff!
You'll remember me being rather disillusioned by the council having witnessed Mike Whitby in action last week. He could learn a few lessons from Martin I think.
Thanks to John Mostyn for the heads up.
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My gods, he's on MySpace too, and quite proactively by the looks of things!
2 Comments:
I'm tempted to make a Mullaney Aggregator that collects all his feeds into one handy resource.
Geeks, salute Martin Mullaney - he's councilor 2.0.
i was tempted - this is what Yahoo Pipes was made for...
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=ZEWdBynO2xGOM71Qy6ky6g&_render=rss
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