http://www.edinburghsucks.com An account of how the politicians and officials are screwing our city. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:38:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2009/05/04/council-to-admit-mistakes-in-adoption-fiasco/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2009/05/04/council-to-admit-mistakes-in-adoption-fiasco/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 09:15:48 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2009/05/04/council-to-admit-mistakes-in-adoption-fiasco/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2009/05/04/council-to-admit-mistakes-in-adoption-fiasco/feed/ 2 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/10/03/download-the-bt-prices-here/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/10/03/download-the-bt-prices-here/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:45:46 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/10/03/download-the-bt-prices-here/ 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.]]> http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/10/03/download-the-bt-prices-here/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/09/19/chunky-councillor-maclaren-to-be-a-proven-liar/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/09/19/chunky-councillor-maclaren-to-be-a-proven-liar/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/09/19/chunky-councillor-maclaren-to-be-a-proven-liar/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/09/19/chunky-councillor-maclaren-to-be-a-proven-liar/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/04/08/because-of-her-bulk-shes-fairly-close-to-two-schools/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/04/08/because-of-her-bulk-shes-fairly-close-to-two-schools/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:45:04 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/04/08/because-of-her-bulk-shes-fairly-close-to-two-schools/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/04/08/because-of-her-bulk-shes-fairly-close-to-two-schools/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/03/06/citys-creche-madness/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/03/06/citys-creche-madness/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:34:50 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/03/06/citys-creche-madness/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/03/06/citys-creche-madness/feed/ 8 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/02/08/the-lies-the-lies-and-the-waste-set-to-continue/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/02/08/the-lies-the-lies-and-the-waste-set-to-continue/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:00:52 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/02/08/the-lies-the-lies-and-the-waste-set-to-continue/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/02/08/the-lies-the-lies-and-the-waste-set-to-continue/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/29/the-truth-behind-ian-perrys-%e2%82%a4400000/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/29/the-truth-behind-ian-perrys-%e2%82%a4400000/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:00:51 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/29/the-truth-behind-ian-perrys-%e2%82%a4400000/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/29/the-truth-behind-ian-perrys-%e2%82%a4400000/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/27/rosendale-marilyne-maclaren-is-clueless/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/27/rosendale-marilyne-maclaren-is-clueless/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:37:25 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/27/rosendale-marilyne-maclaren-is-clueless/ 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 ]]> http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/27/rosendale-marilyne-maclaren-is-clueless/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/24/catch-up-on-front-line-services-slash/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/24/catch-up-on-front-line-services-slash/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:25:39 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/24/catch-up-on-front-line-services-slash/ exclusive" earlier this week on the slashing of front-line services in Community Learning Development (CLD) section of Children & Familes is really doing the rounds on the internet and in print publications in the city. Opposition politicians in the Council are up in arms that they have to come to rely on EdSucks towers to find out what they should be finding out in committee. John Ross, service conditions convenor of the toothless union known as Unison (and also a member of the Council's own management we have been informed) has joined the council and also shown his total disgregard for our city's communities.]]> http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/24/catch-up-on-front-line-services-slash/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/21/cld-front-line-services-to-be-slashed/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/21/cld-front-line-services-to-be-slashed/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:06:02 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/21/cld-front-line-services-to-be-slashed/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/21/cld-front-line-services-to-be-slashed/feed/ 3 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/16/more-children-families-disarray/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/16/more-children-families-disarray/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:18:13 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/16/more-children-families-disarray/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/16/more-children-families-disarray/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/10/ewan-aitken-not-seeing-correctly/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/10/ewan-aitken-not-seeing-correctly/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:06:32 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/10/ewan-aitken-the-half-truth-goon/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2008/01/10/ewan-aitken-not-seeing-correctly/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/12/17/children-families-still-in-the-gutter-with-new-council/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/12/17/children-families-still-in-the-gutter-with-new-council/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:27:52 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/12/17/children-families-still-in-the-gutter-with-new-council/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/12/17/children-families-still-in-the-gutter-with-new-council/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/11/the-rosendale-black-hole-hitlist/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/11/the-rosendale-black-hole-hitlist/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:46:12 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/11/the-rosendale-black-hole-hitlist/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/11/the-rosendale-black-hole-hitlist/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/01/sorry-porty-we-labour-council-forgot-to-ask-for-the-money/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/01/sorry-porty-we-labour-council-forgot-to-ask-for-the-money/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:02:24 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/02/sorry-porty-we-labour-council-forgot-to-ask-for-the-money/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/10/01/sorry-porty-we-labour-council-forgot-to-ask-for-the-money/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/30/rosendale-wants-frontline-services-cut-surprised/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/30/rosendale-wants-frontline-services-cut-surprised/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:33:30 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/30/rosendale-wants-frontline-services-cut-surprised/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/30/rosendale-wants-frontline-services-cut-surprised/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/more-council-money-down-the-drain/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/more-council-money-down-the-drain/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:39:54 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/more-council-money-down-the-drain/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/more-council-money-down-the-drain/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/rosendale-going-at-full-throttle-why/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/rosendale-going-at-full-throttle-why/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:31:04 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/rosendale-going-at-full-throttle-why/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/17/rosendale-going-at-full-throttle-why/feed/ 0 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/13/cut-our-schools-leave-a-defecit-wow-youre-hired/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/13/cut-our-schools-leave-a-defecit-wow-youre-hired/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:58:07 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/13/cut-our-schools-leave-a-defecit-wow-youre-hired/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/13/cut-our-schools-leave-a-defecit-wow-youre-hired/feed/ 1 http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/10/maclaren-stop-listening-to-fraudster-rosendale-and-listen-to-the-experts/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/10/maclaren-stop-listening-to-fraudster-rosendale-and-listen-to-the-experts/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:21:58 +0000 The Basa http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/10/maclaren-stop-listening-to-fraudster-rosendale-and-listen-to-the-experts/ http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/09/10/maclaren-stop-listening-to-fraudster-rosendale-and-listen-to-the-experts/feed/ 0