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Two depressing things witnessed – Shame on the City’s Council!

By The Basa ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Two 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 at Pedestrian Crossing at Queensferry Street opposite Ryan’s Bar. (The same crossing that, even when the Green Man is on, has no traffic light to stop [...]

Council to admit mistakes in adoption fiasco

By The Basa ⋅ May 4, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

The council will today in the Evening Chip Paper admit that mistakes were made in their handling of the recent fiasco in the adoption of a young child in the city where grandparents were shoved aside by officials in a disgusting way.
We are told that the city’s head social worker, Michelle Miller will make a [...]

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Download the BT Prices here

By The Basa ⋅ October 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Tonight’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.

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Chunky Councillor MacLaren to be a proven LIAR

By The Basa ⋅ September 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Education leader Marilyne MacLaren (known to fellow councillors as Moo Moo) it seems is has to go back to school to learn how to tell the truth. The grossly overweight councillor who has spent her time in power going from mishap to mishap is to be proven a liar next week when one again Dr. Ralph Musgrave gives a damning report to the council – Ralphie’s last report was showing how Nolan and his Craigmilar Cabal were, like Councillor MacLaren, at it. It is widely expected in the EdSucks hut that

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Because of her bulk – she’s “fairly close” to two schools

By The Basa ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Edinburgh Council’s supposed “Education Supremo” has shown the city that it is herself that is definitely in need of education – and pretty damn quick. With having just cut 16.5 full time front line positions from Community Centres and herself bordering on obese she is really showing the citizens

City’s crèche madness

By The Basa ⋅ March 6, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

It 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 who are now showing that childcare in Edinburgh is in it’s biggest crisis in living memory.
EdSucks has received about 20 32 emails this morning [...]

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