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Archive for 2007
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Mountgrange makes Private Eye
Posted on August 31, 2007 | No CommentsMountgange’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... -
New £9m hole found?
Posted on August 31, 2007 | No CommentsWord 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... -
Strategy, what strategy.
Posted on August 31, 2007 | No CommentsA 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... -
Another school joining the closure discussion – Brunstane
Posted on August 30, 2007 | No CommentsEdinburghSucks 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... -
Another sow’s ear cock-up
Posted on August 29, 2007 | 1 CommentThe 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... -
How much? Too bloody much!
Posted on August 29, 2007 | No CommentsIt 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... -
Community Learning & Development on the line
Posted on August 27, 2007 | No CommentsNews into EdSucks towers is that The Fraudster formerly known as Rosendale is telling all and any councillor that will listen that scrapping CLD will help enormously because “the workers... -
Labour are maintaining the high standards
Posted on August 25, 2007 | No CommentsThis became worthy as a post because it seems that the truth was being set aside and the press release would reign supreme. The former councillor Lezley Cameron-O’Brien (as was)... -
Scumbus dot com
Posted on August 24, 2007 | No CommentsIt seems Edinburgh has yet another blog with a bit humour. The drivers at Lothian Buses are getting in on the act to take away some of the loyal EdSucks... -
Tram bungles begin
Posted on August 22, 2007 | No CommentsNews into EdSucks is that the current works on re-routing the ulilities have already hit a stumbling block both on Leith Walk and Elm Row. The joint utilites contractor, McAlpines... -
First council by-election being discussed
Posted on August 15, 2007 | No CommentsSources have informed us that both the SNP and the Lib-Dem groups have had meetings to discuss their tactics for what they expect to be the first council by-election this... -
Maginnis in £175,000 consultancy scandal?
Posted on August 13, 2007 | No CommentsFirst of all. Councillor Maginnis we got the email from the (trainee) solicitor asking us to remove certain posts. When our legal advisors pick themselves up off the floor and... -
Rosendale cohorts – you know the info is lies
Posted on August 11, 2007 | No CommentsIt seems that Children & Families Head of Neighbourhood Services, his wife and cohorts are spreading the rumour that “papers have been served and Edinburgh Sucks has been closed down”.... -
Where’s our information?
Posted on June 12, 2007 | No CommentsIt has now been more than five weeks since the new council was voted into power. Unfortunately for the citizens of the city we are STILL waiting to get the... -
Dick Dastardly shouts from the sidelines
Posted on June 11, 2007 | No CommentsTrevor ‘Dick Dastardly’ Davies, the former planning leader, dismally unsuccessful candidate for council leadership and failed-at-the-ballot-box ex-councillor has not shut up just because his electorate have told him to go... -
Council’s scarecrow causes CardowNolan bovver.
Posted on June 8, 2007 | No CommentsWith the passing of Shami KhaNolan into the real world comes the rise of SNP leader Steve CardowNolan and he is not a happy camper. With just slight investigation it... -
Do SNP have a propensity to exaggerate?
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsThe first meeting was held today between the new Scottish Executive and Westminster. Tory Bliar still hasn’t phoned or written but things are moving ahead about as quick as Tory... -
Fraudster Rosendales friends at Cityconnect pissed off
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsIt seems that we have somehow managed to piss off friends of the Council’s head of Neighbourhood Services, Cityconnect. Poor fraudster Rosendale must be pulling those last few hairs out.... -
Cityconnect ads banned on EdSucks
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsAfter finding that quite a lot of people were clicking on the Cityconnect ads to get McDougall billed, we have decided to ban the Cityconnect ads on this site. We... -
Pete McDougall & Cityconnect have some chukkies
Posted on June 4, 2007 | No CommentsImagine our surprise when we found out that the former manager of City Connect – (the council IT project which failed after pumping millions in to it after massive fraud)...