The £8m Blame Game

It seems that the highly paid directors of the council departments have received an ‘F’ in maths this year. An almost £8m of shortfall is expected.
Departments including health and social care, environment and consumer services, housing and the new children and families team look set to run an estimated £7.7m over budget by the […]

Labour’s overwhelming support for a Criminal

At a recent meeting of the licensing board Lothian & Borders Chief Constable submitted a lengthy and “very strong” report to the board setting out in great detail why the licensee should be declared “not a fit and proper person” to hold a licence. The licensee, a certain tried and convicted resetter, […]

Why are the Council Worried?

It’s not that we are suspicious of the Council but a very strange story appears in today’s Evening News. The council are worried about getting paid from the Scottish Executive for their outlays during the G8 Meeting.
What makes this item so strange is that:

City finance leader Maureen Child said: “We’ve had a clear […]

Councillors agree.. The mast must move

Covered in the Evening News today is the story of how the mast must move. T-Mobile had erected one of their telephone masts in the wrong position. Local residents hope to be even more pleased than they were when the Council voted to take enforcement action against t-Moble because the rumour is […]

Council blasted by Police - open for comments

The council have been forced into making huge changes to the extremely controversial new traffic restrictions in the city center. £3.2 million of our money has been spent on the scheme which has turned the city center into a nightmare not only for motorists but also put pedestrian lives in danger and forced […]