Children & Families

SNP (now called the Scottish Nolan Party), FibUnDems and Standing Order 22

By The Basa ⋅ June 1, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

The city council passed the decision to stop the funding going to Craigmillar Childcare Services.  It now seems as though the Scottish Nolan Party and the FibUnDems have hatched a plot to make sure that Nolan and his cabal manage to get the extra funds.

A meeting was taking place today to possibly rethink the decision after a swathe of emails and telephone calls to the council not only from the electorate but also councillors themselves.

It seems the meeting yesterday between Council Leader and FibUnDem Jenny Dawe and Nolan’s “best buddy up the chambers” Steve “Carbuncle” Cardownie and the £88,000 per annum East Edinburgh Neighbourhood Manager, Alan Jackson there was a minuted decision to award an extra 3 months funding to Nolan, his cousin, and their friends who have screwed the community for decades and are running an insolvent company even although they get almost three quarters of a million pounds in public funding and only run a couple of after school clubs, a nursery with about 7 children and a youth club.  The figures they have given the council are that they help 71 children - these figures are known to be inflated by as much as 40-50% and they refuse to hand over registers of attendees.

However, after the swathe of complaints after it quickly circulated round the community last night and the people of Craigmillar’s plight was highlighted here on EdSucks, and on RealCraigmillar.com there have been hastily arranged meetings to try and squash Carbuncle Cardownie’s plans to give his friend Nolan the handout.

The one thing that the councillors possibly are not aware of at the moment is the Standing Order 22.

• 22. A decision of the Council cannot be changed within 12 months unless: 
  the Lord Provost rules that there has been a material change of circumstances; and notice has been given of the proposed change in the summons for the meeting.
   

This standing order means that Carbuncle doesn’t have the ability to change the previous council’s decision unless he also convinces the Lord Provost that there has been a “material change of circumstances” which of course there hasn’t - except that Nolan’s cousin will have to sign on the dole and although she will still live on public funding it will not be at the extortionate rate that she has been paying herself for the past few years.

This standing order means that Carbuncle doesn’t have the ability to change the previous council’s decision unless he also convinces the Lord Provost that there has been a “material change of circumstances” which of course there hasn’t - except that Nolan’s cousin will have to sign on the dole and although she will still live on public funding it will not be at the extortionate rate that she has been paying herself for the past few years.One would hope that the Lord Provost would see through Carbuncle and his party’s (the Scottish Nolan Party) attempt to crawl up to the LibUnDems and screw the good people of Craigmillar.

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