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

By The Basa ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a 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 […]

The lies, the lies, and the waste - set to continue

By The Basa ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

“I think my honesty and my integrity have been vindicated.” says Wendy Alexander on BBC Radio last night: (listen here.) The definition of vindicated is “absolved: freed from any question of guilt; “is absolved from all blame”. How does this square with the Electoral Commission’s statement. “Wendy Alexander did not take all reasonable steps in […]

The dirty smell down Forth Ports way

By The Basa ⋅ January 31, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Sniff, Sniff - Hmmmm.

It seems that the Forth Ports masterplan for Leith Docks which they claim has had “adequate” public consultation may not quite live up to the claims.
A quick look at the website of Art In Architecture at http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk gives us details of a meeting which took place last week between AiA, Forth Ports […]

The truth behind Ian Perry’s ₤400,000

By The Basa ⋅ January 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Well it was nice to see a follow-up story in the Evening Chip Paper about Ian Perry getting ₤400,000 of council money over 10 years when he never even knew he was doing the job. It really is a bit of a joke.

As sometimes happens, Edinburgh Sucks.com sometimes has a different view on events from the Evening News. We’d like to take you back to October 2007.

Rosendale: Marilyne MacLaren is “clueless”

By The Basa ⋅ January 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems our premature release of the CLD review paper has caused all sorts of problems for the rulers of Children & Families. Our own Fraudster Rosendale is furious and blaming the politicians for Edinburgh Sucks publishing it and then the Evening News doing a follow-up saying the Unison, Edinburgh’s own toothless union, are getting slightly warm around the collar.

Politicians coming in for extra kicks in the chukkies include