Lesley Hinds

Lesley Hinds’ best buddy Betty gets pissed off with openness

By The Basa ⋅ October 9, 2006 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Our glorous Lord Provost who is having a go on Thursday to get nominated for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is having problems in her own constituency.

Her best buddy Betty Stevenson, who makes sure that the good provost’s view is the only one to be heard in Muirhouse and Salvesen areas of Edinburgh.  Stevenson, who is also, yep – you’ve guessed it! – Chair of the Local Community Council is getting upset that the minutes of the community council meeting should get outside her secret enclave according to Ulla on her Amazing Wee Blog.

At the moment I am quite furious with Betty Stevenson, but apparently a good way to get her furious would be to close ranks with Piltonsucks, as she complained about it and asked “Who has passed on the minutes of the last meeting to Piltonsucks?” Whilst nobody admitted to it, and I don’t think anybody really would knowingly do it  

Who the hell does the Provost’s buddy think she is.  Those minutes are community property, not her’s.  If she doesn’t like people getting hold of minutes then resign as chair of the community council.  That is NO WAY to represent your community. Those minutes should be published in every public place in your community.
Unfortunately, if PiltonSucks.com is to be believed, all the community councils in North Edinburgh, as well as the North Edinburgh News are run by the labour party so that they still have some power when they are thrown out of office next year.

Betty Stevenson is also Convenor of Edinburgh Tenants Federation which fought with the council to hand over council housing stock whilst we suspect Ulla was sitting out on the EAST.

For your info Betty, we get all the minutes of your community council as well.  Surely you and Lesley knew that!   We’ll now have to start reading them.

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