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The foul odour of moral decay

Following the première of a friend’s video highlighted on this site’s front page today, an email with the following document arrived this morning from a co-conspirator. Seems the dirt is flying – if any others have info, do let us know.

The foul odour of moral decay hangs over the Management Committee of Magdalene Community Centre. Now in it’s final months and in the run up to its forthcoming AGM, many of the committee are characterised by deceit, incompetence, conflict of interest issues, with no intention of holding a democratic AGM. The case of the current Chair is surely a symbol of the Committee’s ethical decline. When the committee made him Chair in November 08 he was hailed as a person with morals who would work his ass off for the benefit of the community and community centre.

Alas, within one month of his becoming chair, a couple whom he is friendly with joined the committee along with his missus and her friend – all were co-opted on. The “decision making circle” began to emerge. The Youth Worker (who was once known for his honesty and transparency) decided it would be in his “best interests” to join the “decision making circle”. The Chair now cannot make a decision without first consulting his missus and then his decision making circle. Rumour has it that at least a further 2 family members are set to join the next committee. That will mean at least 7 family members: from 3 families in the area will hold nearly half of the positions on the committee. They are set to have further friends join the committee, where they will all attend the forthcoming AGM and vote each other onto the committee – all seen to be democratic of course! The other option is to alter their Constitution to either lower the amount of places on the Committee (so as less family and friends need to join in order to stitch up the next committee) or reserve places on the committee for the Centre Group Leaders. The Chair and his missus run a Group at the Centre – so a place would automatically be reserved for one of them! See – all legal – but nevertheless: stitched up behind the scenes!

DOES THE NOLAN PRINCIPLES OF LIFE COME TO MIND HERE – THE PAUL NOLAN PRINCIPLES?

The current Committee is clearly divided, with some wanting to cater for the whole community whilst others want to cater for their family, friends and themselves. Committee meetings at present are a joke: discussions and decisions have already taken place out-with committee meetings. Committee meetings are used to personally attack other committee members not in the decision making circle who question the current “goings on”. Full Minutes cannot be passed at meetings: with those in the decision making circle picking and choosing what paragraphs and pages they want altered in order to hide what is actually taking place at Magdalene. The Chairs missus: at the last meeting put herself forward for the “Secretary” position: even though the position was already filled: in order that she could stitch up the Minutes (does Christene Mackay not come to mind here!). Fortunately it was pointed out to her by a decent Committee Member (not in the decision making circle) that the position of Secretary was already filled and not “up for grabs”. Meetings have now been closed to the public until the AGM (even though they were open meetings for the last 3 years) so as all this deceit is hidden from the community. Will future meetings be closed to the community when the new stitched up committee is put in place? Watch this space…..

Dibndab Multimedia we presumeIf the decision making circle do stitch up the next committee, CLD have agreed to put a Facilities Co-ordinator/Project Worker Post into the Centre: after the AGM takes place. TRY AND FIND THE ADVERT FOR THIS POST – YOU WON’T FIND IT: the plan is to give the current Youth Worker/Youth Work Organiser the post: his reward for working with the decision making group. This is all hush hush at the moment – but watch this space……

Magdalene Management Committee is now controlled by CLD. Be proud of yourself Rab Hogg.”

In case you missed the video…. have a gander…

Picture Credit: Dibndab Multimedia, we presume!


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61 comments for “The foul odour of moral decay”

  1. Wasn’t that Rab Hogg person the one that was downloading porn in the Community Centre.

    Posted by In the know | September 21, 2009, 10:45 am
  2. Oooh. Looks nasty. Particularly like the video.

    Posted by Anonymous | September 21, 2009, 2:51 pm
  3. anyone listening to Hogg has a pea for a brain. thats why he doesnt have a real job. nobody would hire him. The porn sounds dodgy to me someone should report it.

    Posted by hello | September 22, 2009, 4:41 am
  4. Seems like a gang o shites tae me.

    Posted by Anonymous | September 22, 2009, 6:26 am
  5. management committees have a tendnacy to turn into nazis – give the little people a little power and the swastika will turn up on their arms

    Posted by Anonymous | September 22, 2009, 11:35 am
  6. god help magdalene if these are the people representing them

    Posted by anon | September 22, 2009, 1:17 pm
  7. In the Bakers this morning is that everyone in the area is speaking about the video but nobody has told the nazis yet

    Everybody is a bit scared to tell them in case they are the next ones who get lied about around the area as there are some really nasty people involved

    Posted by Baker | September 23, 2009, 3:19 am
  8. Schadenfreude

    Posted by Oh, Its me! | September 23, 2009, 7:36 am
  9. News got to us as well. They cannot pass minutes at their meetings because they are so split. At one meeting their dim-witted ComEd worker told them that it would be OK to pass two different sets of minutes. They have two sets of “true and accuracte” minutes for the same meeting!!!!!!!!!! How the f*ck does that work.

    Somebody should report them to the Charity Commission because most management committees are charitys.

    Posted by A. Nony Moose | September 23, 2009, 12:39 pm
  10. Oh and if one of them is using the centre to download porn he should be barred.

    Posted by A. Nony Moose | September 23, 2009, 12:41 pm
  11. the video has diane and george down to a tea. he’s such a pussy. everyone loves it.

    Posted by mee too | September 23, 2009, 3:24 pm
  12. I hope this has shamed them out of the School playground because they are just disgusting.

    Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2009, 6:03 pm
  13. That link doesn’t work properly. The guy has obviously put a password on it but its not working you can still see it.

    Whats he trying to hide/

    Posted by me | September 24, 2009, 3:38 am
  14. 13 comments seems unlucky so this is 14

    Posted by The Basa | September 24, 2009, 6:01 am
  15. Everyone is staying out the playground now. Meetings must be taking place in houses with bottles of vino and brewsters.

    The smile has definitely been wiped off their faces though and we laughed all the way to the bakers.

    Posted by Oh, Its me! | September 24, 2009, 11:12 am
  16. I see Rab Hog defines himself on his website at http://www.dibndab.co.uk

    Posted by Anonymous | September 25, 2009, 4:44 am
  17. Has the committee seen the video yet ?
    Are there any reactions
    Id love to see their faces when they see it
    When is the next instalment due
    I can hardly contain my curiosity

    Posted by Anonymous | September 25, 2009, 7:21 am
  18. the Management Committee of Magdalene Community thay all suck up each others ….., thay could not run a pi.. up in a pub never the less a community center .. and for yous saying that someone is downloading porn if it can be proved do it as it is a community center and if you cant shut up that community center used to be the hub at one time as i used to go there as a youth now not when thay think thay can run it

    Posted by the big mouth | September 25, 2009, 9:18 am
  19. Big mouth – I think the problem is the committee they are trying to run it during the day as a playground for their kids and at night a pub for themselves and their friends – the porn stuff worries me as will.

    Posted by wee moof | September 25, 2009, 3:56 pm
  20. gosh your right dibndab has shut us out of his website just like their meetings its closed to the public .What does he have to hide

    Posted by anonyme | September 26, 2009, 6:21 am
  21. Seemingly Magdalene’s youth worker Rab Hogg has upped the stakes. Not only has he arranged to have the whistleblower’s tyres slashed but he arranged for the same thing to happen to his innocent wife who has two children under 4 to transport around.

    Some youth worker Rab Hogg. Not got the balls to face up to the man but more than willing to have a go with the women and children.

    The unanswered question is; were the rest of the “decision making group” involved in the decision to slash? Was there an email conversation? Answers on a postcard – or maybe someone can come in here and let us know.

    Posted by The Basa | September 26, 2009, 11:08 am
  22. herd about the slashing of tyres from Jackie in the bakers. imagine goin after a guys wife and two little kids like that.

    Posted by welp | September 27, 2009, 10:53 am
  23. Posted by Oh, Its me! | September 27, 2009, 12:00 pm
  24. is this all true and can it be proved if i think the police should get in volved

    Posted by the big mouth | September 27, 2009, 1:19 pm
  25. to the Basa, is this current tirade, not a case of sour grapes?
    I am led to believe you were the de-selected chairperson of the Magdalene community, your post stinks of corruption

    Posted by Auld leither | September 27, 2009, 2:28 pm
  26. your wrong leither basa was not deselected he resigned because of pressure of work in favour of a guy he mistakenly thought would work for the community he was so wrong the community count for nothing to mr chairman and his wife and hangers on

    Posted by anonyme | September 27, 2009, 5:29 pm
  27. Actually Basa has never been involved in Magdalene Community Centre other than giving donations – Edinburgh Sucks have donated goods to the Centre as it has to more than 30 Charities or community groups throughout the city. I am afraid Anonyme and Auld Leither are both wrong. It may be worth reiterating here that The Basa is not a person but a collective of people who write for this site.

    However, we understand from all the minutes that the person who has his property and his wife’s property trashed through Management Committee members actually stood down not only as Chair of the Management Committee but also from the Committee itself. Ask Margo MacDonald – she was there.

    We are also reliably informed, that he did attend all meetings and digitally record some (as he was allowed to do according to the Committee’s own minutes – and of course case law “no expectation of privacy at a public meeting” ) as a member of the public until he brought up the conflicts of interest they were having. These conflicts were confirmed by Pancho Byfield, the current secretary of the Management Committee and other members which can be confirmed by the various sets of minutes for each meeting. However, when he raised the questions about the conflicts of interest suddenly all meetings were closed to all members of the public – and the excuse given is that they were learning to work as a committee (the meeting before their AGM) or something. Kind of like the City Council closing the public gallery during council meetings – despicable init.

    Posted by The Basa | September 28, 2009, 3:35 am
  28. ah sorry basa you are right of course
    i was speaking of the last chairman who stood down in favour of the person supposedly holding the chair now
    the present chairman is a puppet with strings being pulled by his wife his drinking buddies and rab the education? guy who feeds him wrong information then apologises for it after the damage is done

    Posted by Anonymous | September 28, 2009, 6:26 am
  29. Anonymous,

    I think you will find that it is not “rab the education” but “Rab who needs and is going to get a good education.”

    Posted by welp | September 28, 2009, 8:17 am
  30. Playground got a visit today by both Tigger and Poo. My, how people sniggered their way out the playground. I couldn’t wait to get into my car to let out the belly-laugh of the year.

    Posted by me | September 29, 2009, 9:31 am
  31. damm i missed the visit
    i so wanted to see their faces

    Posted by anoneme | September 30, 2009, 2:03 pm
  32. yer all wrong. The youth worker is discreetly putting it about “it wisnae me – its more than my jobsworth, he says they need to look at silly teenagers closer to home”.

    Posted by me but no the me above | October 1, 2009, 12:37 pm
  33. Hmmm… Well, at least this comment would still be true.

    Posted by The Basa | October 2, 2009, 3:31 am
  34. So is this yooth worker just trying to push blame and push it on to somebody else or huz he been diggin. He would looze his job of found out.

    Posted by Tynie Tiger | October 2, 2009, 12:50 pm
  35. yes hes right looking at teenagers nearer to home is spot on but whose home?

    Posted by anoneme | October 2, 2009, 1:34 pm
  36. Posted by Anonymous | October 2, 2009, 6:10 pm
  37. 3yfyMW I want to say – thank you for this!

    Posted by lilikindsli | October 4, 2009, 2:48 pm
  38. Mechanic on a bike?

    Posted by Tynie Tiger | October 5, 2009, 9:18 am
  39. ive heard that there is no office bearers except for chair everybody has resigned. what a total complete mess these natzis have caused

    Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009, 1:21 pm
  40. a meeting will still take place as the chair will write their own minutes to prove they were quorate

    Posted by anonyme | October 7, 2009, 7:43 am
  41. NEVER MIND THE PONCHO RAB WOT ABOUT HIS PUPPET FRASER CAUSING CHAOS IN CRAIGMILLAR.THEY SEEM TO ALL BE LITTLE HITLERS OUT FOR STARS AND STRIPES.FUCK THE LOT OF THEM.WOT WILL COME TO THEM WILL COME .

    Posted by ANONYMOUS | October 8, 2009, 9:17 am
  42. I YER FUCKING RIGHT MATE WHO`S DOING ALL THE SUCKING?

    Posted by ANONYMOUS | October 8, 2009, 9:30 am
  43. wot fraser the snorting fiend? Do tell More

    More maggie news on the way according to market street

    Posted by DoTellMore | October 8, 2009, 10:09 am
  44. Seems like the paid youth workers have joined

    xxx

    Posted by DoTellMore | October 8, 2009, 12:29 pm
  45. i yer right,magdalene,portobello.
    the fucking henchmen are at it again mexican byfield and his baboon fraser.come on take your hoods of and show us your face.its time for you to be exposed.

    Posted by c | October 8, 2009, 2:23 pm
  46. Beware if they are in your area trouble wont be far behind who`s next to be cleared out?

    Posted by tt | October 8, 2009, 2:26 pm
  47. what happens when mexican byfield reaches his targets does he throw his baboon fraser out of the tree with his little helpers or does he just throw them a bunch of bananas

    Posted by pp | October 9, 2009, 7:22 am
  48. i think you should all get a life insted of getting down rabs back . hes doing well isnt he

    Posted by get a life | October 9, 2009, 2:55 pm
  49. sounds very much like panicking and the word on the street is that he has stirred up some heavy duty characters who are lining up.
    you dont sh*t in your own nest buddy, unless you are hard enough to take the flak

    Posted by spacehopper | October 10, 2009, 4:26 pm
  50. i think its the oaps that are to blame ha ha no i think everyone should grow up and join hands and kiss and make up chins up now and i no what will being said i right

    Posted by get a life | October 10, 2009, 5:38 pm
  51. how do you beat lying crooks it all stems from the chairmans wife who runs the whole thing how could she stab her sister in the back as she has done they will all get their commupance and justice will be done at the end

    roll on the agm if they announce it

    Posted by anoneme | October 26, 2009, 4:17 am
  52. hahaha video hilarious. When is the next one? Only found out about this site since hearing about the story in the paper. Have heard quite a few lies were told to the paper.

    Posted by funny haha | November 14, 2009, 7:58 am
  53. They definetly lied about when it was done so there is 1 lie right away. I am in the playground every week and it was done loooong before last week! Video is really funny I know the people and they are all 2 faced they even talk about each other behind their backs just ask the other parents. Thanks whoever sent me this link it gave me a bloody good laugh

    Posted by parent | November 15, 2009, 7:34 am
  54. thats right cause i saw it last month and funnily enough it was a committee member who showed me it! the chair lied on national tv. another lie told on an online version was the picture was children of all colours playing together,. everyone one in the picture was WHITE and IT WAS A PICTURE OF THEMSELVES, bunch of bigheads! yes they have told lies. thanks for the link the video is really funny roll on the next one

    Posted by parent2 | November 16, 2009, 3:20 am
  55. Yes the picture was of themselves. Did you notice the “twins” by the way hehehe kelly and strawheid. That one gave us all a good laugh. I know there can sometimes be a time delay between twins but a 25 year time delay! Time has not been kind to the strawheid twin hehehe. Rab has grew hair now is that so as the above photo doesnt look like him hehehe. The chair should have had a wash n shave before going on the telly hehehe. Make the next picture of the kids and not of yourselfs. Brilliant video when you know the people involved hehehe.

    Posted by one of "those fuckers" | November 16, 2009, 1:05 pm
  56. When does the case come up? Hope you stick it to them dude. The whole thing is obviously a conspiracy designed to get back at you for all your good work exposing the b*stards.
    Good luck.

    Posted by fred | November 16, 2009, 5:46 pm
  57. the word in the school and playground is that mrs wright isn’t happpy that its bad press for brunstane school. she isn’t happy that the community centre waited 6 weeks to leak it to the papers on armistace day to get publicity for themselves. they were all at the centre last week with their evening news tucked under their arms and smiling. mrs wright isn’t smiling and neither are the parents because they are treating us like idiots.
    Do they think we are stupid? do they think we dont know the graffitti was done waaaaay before they reported it to the press.
    We know they have lied about when it was done what else have they lied about?
    They just made themselves look both stupid and liars!!!
    Yes the next picture should be of kids playing. I don’t want the faces of liars on the community centre wall in my kids playground.
    Good video very funny

    Posted by parent 3 | November 18, 2009, 2:52 am
  58. I am a parent of a Brunstane pupil. I have heard different versions of what happened. I do not know which one is the truth but I do know I was told about the graffiti long before they reported it.
    I don’t appreciate silly lies being told to maximize the effect, in doing so they also abused the memory of the soldiers for maximum publicity. That on it’s own is truly shocking!
    I agree with Mrs Wright it was not good publicity for the school. It was not good publicity for the community centre either in that school parents know they have lied to both the national press and the TV cameras.
    Parent 2 was correct, it was not a picture of children playing, it was indeed a picture of themselves. I also would like the next mural to be of the children. A picture of themselves will only remind me of the lie they told.

    Posted by disgusted parent | November 18, 2009, 1:38 pm
  59. you r right peeps here. mrs right needs to get these peeps off the school council or whatever its calld. no wonder the school is no as good as towerbank and niddrie mill

    Posted by brown custard | November 19, 2009, 1:23 pm
  60. its a bit fucking quiet cunt, whats wrong, lost your fuckin mojo ya wee fud, wens the wifie chuckin ya eh

    Posted by dibly | February 7, 2010, 5:20 pm
  61. Lot No: 619 didnae sell so its worthless and you cannae afford a decent lawyer can ye ya wee fud

    Posted by dibly | February 7, 2010, 5:43 pm

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