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Dick Dastardly’s Planning Dept admit failing to have a plan

By The Basa ⋅ June 22, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It will come as no shock to EdinburghSucks.com’s regular readers that the Planning Department are in chaos despite assurances from Trevor ‘(little) Dick Dastardly’ Davies spoutings to the press that everything is fine and dandy.  Perhaps himself and his Director of Development should refrain from writing bitchy letters to the press and get on with […]

Council ignores experts…. again!

By The Basa ⋅ June 22, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Once again the city council are ignoring the advice of the experts (again including the emergency services) and doing their political best to spoil one of the most beautiful streets in the city (which also houses EdSucks favourite store - H&I).
Lothian and Borders Police and the Scottish Licensed Trade Association both believe George Street has […]

Dick Dastardly calls for change

By The Basa ⋅ June 17, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Trevor (little) Dick Dastardly Davies, wannabe council leader and Convenor of the Planning Committee has had an earful of complaints from interested parties in the Mountgrange devleopment to take over a huge part of the Canongate.  Interestingly his quotes in the Scotsman shows that even he has doubts:
“The proposed development could be very exciting and […]

Dick Dastardly has a hissy fit

By The Basa ⋅ June 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Trevor ‘(little) Dick Dastardly’ Davies seems to have spent his time this week having a hissy fit and writing to the papers.  Just like is Director of Development did last week.
In today’s Evening News little Dick has a real go at the new incoming director of the Cockburn Association for not reading his reports enough. 
IT […]

Have FETA dropped the bung already?

By The Basa ⋅ June 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The Forth Estuary Transport Authority which run the Forth Road Bridge don’t seem a bit worried about flaunting planning regulations and seem totally confident that Trevor ‘(little) Dick Dastardly’ Davies will rubber stamp their retrospective planning application after constructing the new toll booths 15 metres from where they were supposed to be built.
FETA today admitted […]

Director, trees and forests

By The Basa ⋅ May 30, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

A classic example of you can’t see the forest for the trees hits the letters page of the Evening News.  
100,000+ p.a. Director Andrew Holmes has decided to spend his time writing to the newspaper to complain about some of the wording of an article about an OAP who the council took to court for pruning a […]

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