Mayor Watch: Legal threats, Christmas cards and mass surveillance camerasEditor’s Pick of the Week: Pasty wars and cherry blossom overload in HarrogatePothole repairs axed in North Yorkshire following funding rowMayor criticised after using public money to send more than 1,000 Christmas cardsHarrogate Fairtrade and Ripon BID among winners in mayor’s £2 million high street fundNorth Yorkshire Council launches legal action over road repair funding decisionMayor meets Ripon independent businesses in drive for greater collaborationNorth Yorkshire Police to introduce live facial recognition camerasMayor David Skaith hits back at council criticism over bus planTime to ‘be honest’ about Harrogate park and ride, says Tory councillor