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Mountgrange makes Private Eye

By The Basa ⋅ August 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Mountgange’s PR consultants, PPS Group who carried out the public consultation on the trashing of the Canongate were recently trashed on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.
Private Eye have now continued with the trashing and tells us that concerned locals are now jumping mad:
Take the group’s work for developer Mountgrange, which wants to flatten homes and heritage sites […]

New £9m hole found?

By The Basa ⋅ August 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Word is coming in that the council-owned company regenerating Craigmillar, Parc, has a £9m hole that has been discovered.  Is this true and is this the reason they now don’t want to build a new Castlebrae?
We are really not sure of this piece of info but feel that it is worth putting out there to see […]

Strategy, what strategy.

By The Basa ⋅ August 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A couple of years ago, Children & Families head of strategy, Fraudster Mike Rosendale managed to push through a plan that would put in two extra levels of management in Community Learning and Development (CLD).  Regular readers will remember that EdSucks broke the story that the Neighbourhood Managers’ salaries alone would cost the taxpayers of […]

Another school joining the closure discussion - Brunstane

By The Basa ⋅ August 30, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

EdinburghSucks can exclusively reveal that yet another school will be added to the closure discussions.
It seems that plans have been drawn up to not only close Lismore Primary School in the East but also to close nearby Brunstane school and build a new joint campus at Duddingston Yards.
More info is expected into EdinburghSucks including a […]

Another sow’s ear cock-up

By The Basa ⋅ August 29, 2007 ⋅ One comment

The city’s very own sows ear and former Lord Provost Lesley Hinds made a huge cock up in her campaign to get press coverage to try and challenge Ewan Aitken for the leader of Edinburgh’s labour councillors so she can get herself some more money because the 15k she is on now is not enough […]

How much? Too bloody much!

By The Basa ⋅ August 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that as well as the Education Committee meeting yesterday there was also a meeting to discuss requesting a report on how much it would cost the city to bring back ceremonial robes.
Well Councillors.  To save you money, we at EdSucks have carried out the report and come up with the recommendation.  It would […]

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