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“Just doesn’t add up”

By The Basa ⋅ October 29, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that the council are being caught out in their lies yet again with the proposed council housing transfer. Independent researchers have found that there is a £29,000,000 (yep, that’s millions) hole in the projected costs of keeping the houses in a state of good repair.
City of Edinburgh Housing Association (CEHA) which is […]

Cardownie honourable? Really? Since when?

By The Basa ⋅ October 25, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Councillor Steve Cardownie says today on his resignation from the nightmare that is the labour party in Edinburgh was taken honourably
Today Cllr Cardownie said: “I have had no indication that my position was under threat. Labour will try to spin it that I am leaving for personal reasons, but that is not the case.
“I […]

Teflon Don: Screw safety. I’d prefer flowers

By The Basa ⋅ October 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Teflon Donald Anderson, the city leader, or as they say in German, Führer, has backed the city’s gateways project over the required overhaul of the “dilapidated” traffic light signalling technology which is more than 20 years old.
More than £1.6 million which was earmarked for the project is now going to be used to tidy up […]

Lib Dem backs the criminal’s friend

By The Basa ⋅ October 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A senior Lib Dem spokesman said this week that Eric ‘Teeth” Milligan, the city’s former Lord Provost and friend of convicted resetter and jailbird restauranter Daniel Wencker of Daniel’s Bistro fame, could be up for the top job again.
A senior Lib Dem source said there had been nothing like formal discussions about the […]

Lord Fawkes of Saughton

By The Basa ⋅ October 16, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that M’lud Watson of Invergowrie this last week became the most high profile kitchen worker after Martha Stewart was released from prison in the United States.
Readers will remember that M’Lud was attending the Scottish Politician of the Year awards dinner last year when the demon drink and a box of swan […]

Was EdinburghSucks!com right?

By The Basa ⋅ October 16, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s Evening News brings more presure on Scottish Conservative leader David McLetchie to come clean on the taxigate scandal that has been going on for months.
Back on June 26th, we at EdinburghSucks!com questioned whether the real story was about Tods Murray or indeed about another address (Article Here). It seems we were quite close […]

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