So, Does Pilton Suck?

It seems as though the new site PiltonSucks.com (no relation, but we think they may be a friend) has a readership.  One of their correspondents seems very unhappy with what is happening down there and is willing to name names.
Elizabeth Maginnis their local councillor, seems to be having conflicts of interest according to the correspondent. 
How […]

Sound Off - and they did!

Tonight’s Evening News’ sound off was lively. For those who missed it, here are the edited highlights:

Put trams to vote
I THINK they should have a referendum on the trams. They will cost a lot of money and they won’t serve all of Edinburgh - not only that, there’s the upheaval it’s going to cause.
Margaret […]

“Third World” City Centre pavement

It seems that private buildings advisors who are not in the Council feeding trough are able to find out exactly what the problems are with the city center’s pavements.  Right in the middle of the “World Heritage Site” is nice ‘third world’ pavements and the council doesn’t even know they exist.

Gerry Ritchie, buildings adviser to […]

Council covering up bullying?

Over at PiltonSucks.com they have a rather disturbing article on how the council is turning a blind eye to bullying in, of all places, the Muirhouse Social Work Department.  The site is calling for an investigation.
We have been told through informed sources that at least two cases of bullying at the Muirhouse Social Work Centre […]

Council whistleblower saga will continue

Questions are still not answered after the council was fined £5,000 when they were found guilty of a witchhunt to find a whistleblower who reported the £400,000 that was misspent by council employees.
The gross mismanagement of public cash has to have an external investigation carried out with extreme haste because it seems as though the […]

EdinburghSucks more popular than Parliament

It’s Official!  EdinburghSucks.com gets more visits than the £421 million Parliament building. 
EdinburghSucks.com came online on 2nd April last year and on January 15th passed the half million visit mark which has far exceeded the expectations of “The Basa” - whoever they are!
The site gets up to 3,000 visits on weekdays.
For information on how Parliament looses £10,000 […]