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Top-heavy with bureaucrats.

By The Basa ⋅ May 21, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Fife’s version of Tom Aitchison the Chief Executive has finally come out and said what most Scots have been saying for decades, that Scotland is chronically over-governed.
Although it took him 30 years to pluck up the courage to say it, it is refreshing to hear.  However it will not affect the huge pension he will […]

Calls to council costs more than calls to Australia

By The Basa ⋅ May 16, 2006 ⋅ One comment

It seems that telephone calls to the council when you have a problem with their pisspoor website myEdinburgh is going to hit your pocket and hit it hard.
When you click on the link to take you to “Getting the best from myEdinburgh” (http://www.myedinburgh.org/?page=1277&screen=1&custom=1) as well getting an email address you are also given telephone number which […]

Can the council be this dumb?

By The Basa ⋅ May 15, 2006 ⋅ One comment

More with the myEdinburgh fiasco.  It just keeps getting worse. 
When the council arms-length company Cityconnect went tits-up with many accusations of massive fraud including accusations by the company’s auditors saying that about £400,000 was making up a huge hole in there accounts and a further £188,000 of equipment couldn’t be accounted for, the people who […]

Vice-convenor admits “no confidence in planning”

By The Basa ⋅ May 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Finally a councillor from the Labour group who is Trevor Davies’ vice convenor on the Planning committee has admitted that people have no confindence or trust in the planning system.
The admission came out in a quote to the Evening News when his boss Trevor “little Dick Dastardly” Davies hit out at Scottish Executive reporters who […]

Other’s agree “the blog is correct”.

By The Basa ⋅ May 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

AllmediaScotland.com the site for the media professionals in Scotland has taken some interest in Planning boss Trevor Davies (known around the council chambers as ‘Dick Dastardly’ and known around EdSucks as ‘little dick’ Dastardly) saying we told porkies when in fact it has been public knowledge for decades and longer that it is the politicians who have that esteemed […]

EdinburghSucks proved correct…. again

By The Basa ⋅ May 12, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

After the highlighting of the security implications of the council run myEdinburgh website, specifically the mail system and the flagrant abuse of the security of said system, the council have today acted.
An email went out to all Children & Families employees today from the council’s publicity department informing them of the security problems to do […]

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