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	<title>Edinburgh Sucks! &#187; Licensing Department</title>
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		<title>Council loses big-time in Court of Session</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/03/26/council-loses-big-time-in-court-of-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Fortunes could well be lost in what a lot of people think is the current illegal transferring of Taxi Plates at prices in excess of Â£50.000.
The decision in the council appeal against Dawn Salteri, JackÂ Stewart and Nicolas Forsyth was fundamentally toÂ enable the councilÂ to continue to restrict black taxi licences and intimidate members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E7 taxis off the road after a week</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/09/e7-taxis-off-the-road-after-a-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/09/e7-taxis-off-the-road-after-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? News is coming into EdSucks towers that the new E7 taxis have been taken off the road only one week after being launched.
News is that a huge cock-up took place at the City of Edinburgh council involving their licensing regulations.
Any more info on the story would be handy.
Random Posts you may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety!  What Safety?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/05/safety-licensing-department-says-no/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/05/safety-licensing-department-says-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Well it seems that the licensing department of the Council are throwing safety which the council to the gutter in allowing new-fangled rickshaws to transport the citizens around the city at weekends and possibly enhance the queque at the Royal Infirmary on those busy weekend nights.
Black cab drivers, and Private Hire drivers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council ignores experts&#8230;. again!</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/06/22/council-ignores-experts-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/06/22/council-ignores-experts-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning Dept.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/06/21/council-ignores-experts-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? 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 &#8211; H&#038;I).
Lothian and Borders Police and the Scottish Licensed Trade Association both believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council fees increase 33 times rate of inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/06/20/council-fees-increase-33-times-rate-of-inflation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/06/20/council-fees-increase-33-times-rate-of-inflation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? This years hogmanay bash in the city will be marred by the news that the council intends to increase the entrance fees into the world renowned city centre party by 100% which is about 33 times the rate of inflation.
The formerly free party currently has an entrance fee of Â£2.50 but plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosy council relationship&#8230; again!</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/17/cosy-council-relationship-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/17/cosy-council-relationship-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/02/16/cosy-council-relationship-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Edinburgh taxi drivers are asking interesting questions about a cosy relationship with the City of Edinburgh council have with Cabtivate, the company who provide a screen based advertising system in taxis (TVs to you and I).
Members of the taxi trade on multiple occasions raised questions about the propriety of the process which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City chief speaks with forked tongue</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/14/city-chief-speaks-with-forked-tongue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/14/city-chief-speaks-with-forked-tongue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel's Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Attridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rogue Companies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Phil Attridge, the council&#8217;s licensing leader who is quite happy to give jailbird theives licences to run &#8216;trendy&#8217; restaurants in Leith seems to choke over the fact that a private developer doesn&#8217;t put &#8220;heavy prostitute traffic included&#8221; in their brochures to sell their houses.
And although most would not realistically expect the developer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Teeth&#8221; flys the flag &#8211; criminals fly in</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/12/teeth-flys-the-flag-criminals-fly-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/12/teeth-flys-the-flag-criminals-fly-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alex Neil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel's Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lothian Police Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rogue Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? A bit of a shock comes in today from SNP MSP Alex Neil who I had previously held in quite high regard.  
The Capital&#8217;s longest-serving First Citizen is the kind of &#8220;character&#8221; needed to raise Scotland&#8217;s profile and win back visitors, said the SNP&#8217;s Alex Neil, convener of the Scottish Parliament&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour&#8217;s overwhelming support for a Criminal</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/07/labours-overwhelming-support-for-criminal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/09/07/labours-overwhelming-support-for-criminal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Council Departments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel's Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lothian Police Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rogue Companies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? At a recent meeting of the licensing board  Lothian &#038; Borders Chief Constable submitted a lengthy and &#8220;very strong&#8221;  report to the board setting out in great detail why the licensee should be declared &#8220;not a fit and proper person&#8221; to hold a licence.  The licensee, a certain tried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is former Lord Provost getting bungs?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/26/is-former-lord-provost-getting-bungs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2005/07/26/is-former-lord-provost-getting-bungs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel's Bistro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Licensing Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rogue Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? One expects so little from politicians these days.  Intellectual ability, capacity to achieve stated aims, personal probity &#8211; all of these have gone flying out the window but why is former Lord Provost Eric &#8216;Teeth&#8217; Milligan using his position on the licensing board  to stand up for a convicted, serial [...]]]></description>
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