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The £85,OOO council trainee

By The Basa ⋅ May 31, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It has been highlighted to us here at EdSucks that the huge problem of how the Cityconnect/ELLP krew managed to somehow arrange for £400,OOO and £188,OOO worth of equipment to go missing was because they had put a highly paid (In excess of £85,000) trainee in charge – and IT’S OFFICIAL, because it is in [...]

Director, trees and forests

By The Basa ⋅ May 30, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

A classic example of you can’t see the forest for the trees hits the letters page of the Evening News.  
100,000+ p.a. Director Andrew Holmes has decided to spend his time writing to the newspaper to complain about some of the wording of an article about an OAP who the council took to court for pruning a [...]

Council catching up with EdSucks

By The Basa ⋅ May 30, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that the monthly full council meeting is trying to catch up with the stories on EdinburghSucks.
The investigation into Cityconnect and ELLP is being asked for my Councillor Mackintosh and will be presented by the Executive Member for Children and Families, Ewan Aitken.  Rev Aitken of course knows that his report is only the [...]

Donald Anderson – Tell the truth, PLEASE!

By The Basa ⋅ May 29, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Councillor Anderson, you REALLY must be joking! 
“We will be seeking firm assurances from the head of the department involved that these problems have been properly dealt with.”
The head of the department, Mike Rosendale, has covered up the whole nightmare since August 1999 as you well know – he was intricately involved.  He was the Company [...]

Thank you council election officials

By The Basa ⋅ May 29, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

EdSucks Towers has been the recipient of quite a power of emails over the weekend asking us to thank the council officials who were carrying out their duties at the Craigmillar Community Council election at the Jack Kane Centre on Thursday.
We are happy to carry out this public service and thank the officials for carrying [...]

First Amendment Applies to Internet

By The Basa ⋅ May 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 — A California appeals court ruled Friday that online reporters are protected by the same confidentiality laws that protect traditional journalists, striking a blow to efforts by Apple Computer to identify people who leaked confidential company data.
The three-judge panel in San Jose overturned a trial court’s ruling last year that to [...]

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