SNP “can’t get the frocks so we’re not coming”

According to our moles in Brussels, it would seem that our Edinburgh-based SNP MEP Alyn Smith has taken a hissy fit because the European Parliament will not let him attend the community council election in Craigmillar tomorrow wearing a hard hat and a bulletproof vest as a european monitor may be dressed in some parts […]

Canongate Petition

EH8.org.uk have a petition which states the following:
OLD TOWN REDEVELOPMENT
We the undersigned, oppose the demolition of tenement flats and listed buildings on the Royal Mile, to make way for a 200 bedroom glass fronted luxury hotel, conference facilities, office blocks, luxury apartments and serviced apartments and upmarket retail and a new road “Parliament Way”
If you […]

Craigmillar Community Council Election

 
If you are voting in the Craigmillar Community Council Election at which you have 16 votes, the following are the suggested 16 candidates which EdinburghSucks.com supports: 
Kate Barron - Bingham
Liz Barron - Bingham
Mike Bridgeman - Bingham
Tony Clapham - Niddrie Marischal
John Clark - Magdalene
Grace Crosby - The Hays
Norrie Davies - Craigmillar Castle
Ann Dobie - Bingham
Jim Duncan - Greendykes
Honor Flynn - Greendykes
Midge Lamb - Newcraighall
Claire McKernan - Craigmillar Castle
Gus Meechan - Niddrie Marischal
Jan Myerthall - Craigmillar Castle
Val O’Rourke - Craigmillar Castle
Theresa Wallace - Niddrie Mill   
Votes for the abovementioned candidates […]

Illegality cover-up in Children & Families hits Yahoo! and Microsoft

After EdinburghSucks.com highlighted the fact that the Council’s pisspoor website myEdinburgh was as secure as an open meadow and that employee’s and probably councillor’s emails were being read by “Rosendale’s Fraudsters”, namely Mike Rosendale, David Hillson, Pete McDougall and Alistar Frater, the council quickly closed down the myEdinburgh mail system - an act of closing the stable door […]

Low four figures - MY ARSE

First the quote from the Evening News story:
THE sacked education chief blamed for jeopardising the £550 million PPP new schools plan has received a pay-off by the city council to drop his industrial tribunal.
Colin Dalrymple, former deputy education director, is understood to have received a low four-figure sum in return for not pursuing a […]

Quick Update

In a couple of our recent posts, Calls to council costs more than calls to Australia and Can the council be this dumb? we highlighed real problems on the pisspoor myEdinburgh website that was set up with way in excess of £1,000,000 of public funds.  The following outcomes have resulted:

We are happy to announce that visitors to the website will […]