Edinburgh Sucks! | 2005 July

Archive for July, 2005

Council allows bus chaos - Does nothing!

By The Basa ⋅ July 11, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Lothian bus drivers are to hold a one-day strike on Monday, July 18, with further strikes on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31. The council now have fair advance warning of this, so why are they not announcing a break in the crippling parking regulations in the city.
Whilst Teflon Don Anderson and […]

The council doesn’t care

By The Basa ⋅ July 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

We got news from a reader today that Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Bank of Scotland all have their flags at half mast either in sympathy with the recent bombings in London or possibly because of World War II day.
A couple of telephone calls to Edinburgh and a couple of drives to […]

Hate the Aged - Council policy?

By The Basa ⋅ July 8, 2005 ⋅ One comment

In the last few months since this site has been operating, it is just amazing to see the the way the Council treat the elderly of the city. These are the people who have already worked their lives and paid taxes for many decades, they are the ones who pass through the generations all […]

Craigmillar European Programme Promotes Spam

By The Basa ⋅ July 6, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The Craigmillar European Programme (CEP) is the body which coordinates the work of a number of individual projects in the Craigmillar area that receive enormous funding through the European Regional Development Fund.
It is interesting to find out that they are so up-to-date with what is happening in the community that they still have a link […]

Where is Eric ‘Teeth’ Milligan

By The Basa ⋅ July 6, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Our former Lord Provost and current convenor of the Lothian Police Board has been has come under fire today with numerous emails to EdinburghSucks!com from present and past police officers in the city - and they have a point.
the new ACC Tom Halpin came over well but there’s a significant silence from the top
and the […]

Council’s mobile cash registers

By The Basa ⋅ July 6, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The council’s mobile cash registers in the form of speed cameras will be operating in the following areas this week:
MOBILE speed cameras will be operating on the following sites in Edinburgh this week: A70 at Balerno, Lower Granton Road, A90 at Cramond southbound, Ratho Station, City Bypass northbound, Muirhouse Parkway and West Granton Road East.

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