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		<title>Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Neil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyn Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Burns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Kerr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annabel Goldie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fallon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Monteith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Jamieson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Fox]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Baird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David McLetchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Des McNulty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Gorrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Maginnis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elspeth Attwooll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Hyslop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Mackintosh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Haywired]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iain Whyte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Dawe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Murdo Fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Tosh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norma Cuthbertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Ferguson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Nolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shami Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Gilmore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Cardownie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Struan Stevenson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tavish Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Pontin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tommy Sheridan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tory Bliar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Fitzpatrick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Last night at Craigmillar&#8217;s Community Council meeting the same three office bearers who were thrown out at the recent elections were installed back into their positions against the wishes of the community and using the publicly funded resources of Crapacity Building Project, Craigmillar Childcare Services and Haywired.
Installed against the wishes of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying &#8211; The Council culture</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/10/bullying-the-council-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/10/bullying-the-council-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alistar Frater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children & Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Hillson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete McDougall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Councillor Rev. Ewan Aitken seems in last night&#8217;s print version of the Evening News to be coming out against bullying which to us at EdinburghSucks.com, the Community Education department and the Social Work department seems rather strange when we believe that &#8216;The Hippy Rev&#8217; actually lords over huge amounts of bullying in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elected officials cover-up of &#8220;Rosendale&#8217;s Fraudsters&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/09/elected-officials-cover-up-of-rosendales-fraudsters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/09/elected-officials-cover-up-of-rosendales-fraudsters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alistar Frater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children & Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hillson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/08/elected-officials-cover-up-of-rosendales-fraudsters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? The following emails are now among hundreds that have been received from members of Children &#038; Families staff and shows the current feeling of Community Education workers throughout the city who are either extremely pissed off or sh1t scared.Â  We were also informed by a highly placed source within the Council that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly care  &#8217;spectacular&#8217; failure</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/11/07/elderly-care-spectacular-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/11/07/elderly-care-spectacular-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCabe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? COSLA are again trying to keep the Scottish people in the dark.   Although taxpayers money paid for by finance chiefs at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities to Cosla had refused to publish it, having decided it wanted to deal in private with Finance Minister Tom McCabe .   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s totally unbelieveable &#8211; a COSLA nighmare</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/11/04/its-totally-unbelieveable-a-cosla-nighmare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/11/04/its-totally-unbelieveable-a-cosla-nighmare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Gemmell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Teflon &#8216;Don&#8217; Anderson has been nominated to lead a &#8220;task group&#8221; for COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) which will decide how to conduct the marketing and branding of councils collectively across Scotland. 
Teflon Don who spent Â£880.000 to brand Edinburgh &#8216;the inspiring capital&#8217; (Click Here)  forgot to register the domain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children at risk because of council illiteracy</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/15/children-at-risk-because-of-council-illiteracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/15/children-at-risk-because-of-council-illiteracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? A new YouGov survey has shown that 98 per cent of Scots parents expect their children to use the internet this summer and the education chief for the city of Edinburgh and COSLA has openly admitted in the press and here at EdinburghSucks!com that he is internet illiterate.  Regular readers will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COSLA screws up &#8211; Â£6m</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/03/cosla-screws-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/03/cosla-screws-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2005 01:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/03/cosla-screws-up/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? What could be many hundreds of the country&#8217;s most vulnerable youngsters have been deprived of desperately needed extra cash as a result of a &#8220;scandalous&#8221; bureaucratic blunder by COSLA (The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities).
We initially covered this story here when the dodgy First Minister went public and now it seems wrongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COSLA Awards announced &#8211; How did we do?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/06/17/cosla-awards-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/06/17/cosla-awards-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/06/17/cosla-awards-announced/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) actually have awards.  It is nice to know that the tax-payers fund Scottish local authorities for slapping each other&#8217;s back by handing out the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities&#8217;  excellence awards &#8211; the local government &#8220;Oscars&#8221;.
Well, we have an &#8216;inspiring&#8217; team in Edinburgh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Councillor Aitken promotes porn</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/05/rev-councillor-aitken-promotes-porn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/05/05/rev-councillor-aitken-promotes-porn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2005 02:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Councillor Ewan Aitken who is not only a serving Church of Scotland minister but also in charge of Education at COSLA and the City Council is promoting porn on the website he uses to communicate with his constituents. 
Visitors to his website&#8217;s forum or bulletin board can click through to Mate1.com to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Â£1 billion in the bank but council tax will soar</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/03/30/%c2%a31-billion-in-the-bank-but-council-tax-will-soar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/03/30/%c2%a31-billion-in-the-bank-but-council-tax-will-soar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? The Scotsman picked up on this story, as did The Herald. The cheeky councils have been rumbled and the body which represents all councils the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), accused Audit Scotland of looking for &#8220;cheap headlines&#8221; &#8211; nothing cheap about Â£1 billion in my book.
&#8220;The figure &#8211; enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hippy Rev goes off on 1</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/03/21/hippy-rev-goes-off-on-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/03/21/hippy-rev-goes-off-on-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Edinburgh&#8217;s own Hippy Rev goes off on one in a letter to the Evening News. He complains about a well written and researched article in the same publication on 16th April. This article clearly shows Ewan Aitken, the former leftie, was given ample space as City education leader and education spokesman for [...]]]></description>
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