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City Council Archive
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Whistleblower’s Diary – Publication Postponed
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsEdinburgh Sucks has received a communication originating from the whistleblowers lawyers advising that proceeding at this time, with publication of further chapters of “Diary of a Whistleblower: The Edinburgh Property... -
Chapter 1 – Diary of a Whistleblower: The Edinburgh Property Conservation Scandal
Posted on April 17, 2013 | 2 CommentsChapter 1 - The Whistleblower Diary -
Why was whistleblowing ***** ****** Fired?
Posted on July 21, 2012 | 8 CommentsIt is about time the citizens of this city took action against their council. Today we find out from the Evening News that the whistleblower in the Property Care and... -
New Director to clean up Property Conservation Department?
Posted on July 11, 2012 | No CommentsA couple of sources have been informing us over the past few days of news that a new director has been appointed to oversee the shamed Property Conservation department in... -
Council workers to be cascaded
Posted on July 5, 2012 | No Comments“I should be grateful if you would cascade this information to your staff through your team meetings, briefings and so on.” Oh my, how this tickled us. Just to ensure... -
EdinburghSucks.com Survey Results June 2012
Posted on June 18, 2012 | 1 Comment167 Responses. Vast majority voted in May's elections. Let down by SNP's flip flopping. Senior officials in the participants sights. -
Come on… You’re taking the piss!
Posted on June 13, 2012 | No CommentsWe like you. We really do ... but get a bloody life! -
Portobello Labour councillors get all marquess of queensberry
Posted on May 27, 2012 | No CommentsDing Ding, seconds out, round 1. Who'll win? Portly Porty, Seannie and the Dalriada Drunk all gonna start a new Facebook Page. -
Wanna be a councillor? Aye, Pads for free
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsCouncillors of all colours will find something to do with their shiny new AyePads -
Labour names their rag tag group of has-beens and wannabes for BurnDownie
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsThe Edinburgh Labour group has confirmed its rag-tag group of has-beens and wannabees who will be getting chunks of extra money to join Labour/SNP coalition administration otherwise known as BurnDownie.... -
Two depressing things witnessed – Shame on the City’s Council!
Posted on May 11, 2009 | 4 CommentsTwo depressing things witnessed by me today as a result of poorly planned and executed tramworks fiasco / traffic diversions: Sad thing #1) Sight-impaired lady with white stick patiently standing... -
TIE, Waterfront Edinburgh and Edinburgh Building Services to be one company.
Posted on May 11, 2009 | No CommentsHuge moves are afoot in the Council with it’s arms length (we own it, they take the blame) companies. The news we have is that TIE, Waterfront and EBS will... -
Well placed, Aye Right Tom.
Posted on May 1, 2009 | No CommentsThe Evening Chip Paper will carry a story tonight about city council chief executive Tom Aitchison putting his neck on the line at the full council meeting yesterday saying that:... -
Download the BT Prices here
Posted on October 3, 2008 | No CommentsTonight's story in the Evening News: After we passed the BT prices to the Evening News (where they again failed to credit us for - last time those bastards are getting anything - until the next time) we were kind of shocked that they didn't allow all you citizens to download the documents. Don't fret. The documents will be available here over the weekend. They paint a said picture of the council being supplied free KY jelly by BT. -
Sheraton’s One Spa cheaper than Edinburgh Leisure
Posted on April 11, 2008 | No CommentsProof today emerged today that the world famous, ultra-luxurious and chic One Spa at the city's Sheraton Hotel is cheaper than using Porty Swimming Pool to keep fit if you have children. It also brings into huge disrepute the council and their appointed overseers of council funds at Edinburgh Liesure which is being run as a charity and pays no VAT. -
The £250,000 publicly funded party to scrap crèche provision
Posted on March 13, 2008 | No CommentsEdinburgh Leisure will tell any lies they can to keep their party. Last week Edinburgh Sucks telephoned Edinburgh Leisure to ask how much they were spending on their all-expenses paid... -
City’s crèche madness
Posted on March 6, 2008 | 8 CommentsIt transpired on television last night that six of the eight crèches in Edinburgh would be closing forthwith without any consultation at all. So much for the listening FibDem/SNP administration... -
A plea for help – Journalists, Councillors anyone
Posted on January 30, 2008 | No CommentsWe received this by email today and would like EdSucks readers to do whatever you can to help this group. There are some ways at the end of the post.... -
They paid for a poll and they don’t believe the answers
Posted on January 28, 2008 | No CommentsAll the people who are gaining from the tram kit that they are installing into the city - mostly the Chamber of Commerce, the high-pressure selling FSB, highly paid TIE executives, persons in receipt of plain brown envelopes have gotten themselves into bed with the council on a quango called Open for Business. Not happy with the backslapping they give each other, they have now decided to spend -
Full steam ahead and screw the War Memorial
Posted on January 14, 2008 | 1 CommentLost because of the trams It seems that the trams have taken over the city completely including running all the way through the The McCrae’s Battalion War Memorial at the...









