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Vice-convenor admits “no confidence in planning”

By The Basa ⋅ May 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Finally a councillor from the Labour group who is Trevor Davies’ vice convenor on the Planning committee has admitted that people have no confindence or trust in the planning system.
The admission came out in a quote to the Evening News when his boss Trevor “little Dick Dastardly” Davies hit out at Scottish Executive reporters who […]

Dick Dastardly in a tizzy

By The Basa ⋅ May 10, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

News into EdSucks towers is that Planning Convenor Trevor ‘little Dick Dastardly’ Davies is in a bit of a tizzy after slamming the site on Talk107 and then finding out that indeed we were on the ball and have now shown the evidence to anyone with a computer highlighting that his leadership of Edinburgh’s planning is sadly […]

The Planning Convenor and the PORKIES!

By The Basa ⋅ May 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Well it seems that Trevor (little Dick Dastardly) Davies is happy to go on Talk107 and suggest that listeners shouldn’t believe anything they read on EdinburghSucks.com. 
This came about when a caller into Stephen Jardine’s show on Saturday seemingly suggested that they could have no confidence in planning in Edinburgh because of the snippet we published […]

Planning officials lie to committee

By The Basa ⋅ May 1, 2006 ⋅ One comment

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We covered some months ago the illegal erection of a phone mast in Brunstane RoadSouth.  Eventually together with local residents we managed to get the mast moved four meters further away from Brunstane Primary School and Nursery. 
It now seems that the local residents just don’t give up and the controversy over the mast just will […]

Flagship waterfront or future ghetto?

By The Basa ⋅ March 30, 2006 ⋅ One comment

EdinburghSucks.com were on the press list for the recent symposium on the Waterfront which was being held down in Granton the other week.  Unfortunately, we were only allowed to attend the speeches in the morning but the Council press office wouldn’t allow us to attend the afternoon workshops where all the news would have been made.  […]

Teflon Don having a ‘hissy fit”

By The Basa ⋅ March 6, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Our esteemed der Führer, Teflon Don Anderson is today having a hissy fit because the planners won’t let him rip down a List B building.  
Anderson is getting kind of picky with who he is sticking up for.  He was on the Radio at the weekend telling all pubs with a B Listing they they would have […]

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