Edinburgh Sucks! | She’s goin down….. and fast

Elizabeth Maginnis

She’s goin down….. and fast

By The Basa ⋅ September 20, 2007 ⋅

Time for the Evening News to come off their Labour loveFest and get down to the nitty gritty and do some digging stop waiting for their “highly placed leak” who everyone knows is StevieBoy to give a call.

So someone asked of Jane Dennyson, Waterfront Edinburgh Limited (WEL):

Jane,Further to our telecons today, I confirm I requested the following information:1.   Date that Councillor Elizabeth Maginnis was appointed as Chair of Waterfront Edinburgh
2.   Date that Councillor Elizabeth Maginnis was appointed to the board of Waterfront Edinburgh
3.   Date of meeting that Waterfront Edinburgh awarded funding to Pilton Elderly Project
4.   Copy of the minutes of meeting referred to in 3 if not commercially sensitive. If commercially sensitive, I would be happy to receive an excerpt showing the discussion and awarding of funding.

and the reply came:

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Information request
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:28:58 +0100
From: Nina McElroy < ninam@waterfront-ed.com>
To: < That person>
CC: Jane Dennyson < JaneD@waterfront-ed.com>
With reference to your e-mail dated 10th September 2007 to this office regarding the above I would reply as follows:

   1. Elizabeth Maginnis was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Waterfront Edinburgh at a Board meeting held on 27th May 2003.
   2. Elizabeth Maginnis was also appointed as a Director of the Board of Waterfront Edinburgh at this meeting.
   3. No reference can be found in the Minutes of WEL which indicates Board approval to award funding to the Pilton Elderly Project.

Regards

Nina McElroy
Estates Manager
www.waterfront-ed.com

Now let’s put that in context:

Edinburgh Evening News story the other week:

The documents show that Waterfront Edinburgh paid £1750 a year towards PEP’s insurance for their minibus in 2005 and 2006. The payment was also sanctioned for this year, but was then cancelled after May’s elections when the new board came in.

1. Elizabeth Maginnis (Bunty Backhander to EdSucks loyalists) was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Waterfront Edinburgh at a Board meeting held on 27^th May 2003.

and

However, Cllr Maginnis hit back by saying she was not on the board of Waterfront Edinburgh when the deals with PEP were struck.

2. Elizabeth Maginnis (Bunty Backhander to EdSucks loyalists) was also appointed as a Director of the Board of Waterfront Edinburgh at this meeting.

and

However, Cllr Maginnis dismissed the claims, saying they were long-standing allegations.

She said: “When the deal was struck with regards to the garaging arrangements for PEP, I wasn’t actually on the board for the Waterfront Edinburgh company. I was the manager of PEP but not on the board of Waterfront Edinburgh. Once I was on the board, I declared that as an interest. Scottish Gas also gave us money at that time so it was a similar deal.

“There were a number of other local organisations that got support from Waterfront Edinburgh, including schools and football groups, and it also supported the Business Incubator Centre.

“These kind of rumours are shabby and all they do is damage a popular and valuable local contribution.”

3. No reference can be found in the Minutes of WEL which indicates Board approval to award funding to the Pilton Elderly Project.

So, who approved the funding to the Pilton Elderly Project? Was it the Chair herself in partnership with the Chief Executive and the other councillor board members. What does Councillor Ian Perry know about this? - He was on the board and is still a councillor.

Over to the Evening News to do the finer digging and let’s have the sub headline “Councillor in Crisis” please.

Ooooohhhhh Councillor Maginnis - You little liar! (Not so little, Ed)

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