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Councillors with head in the sand

The Basa — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:48 +0000

What happened? Did some council official not get their bung tied up in a nice brown envelope? Yet again, senior officials pull the strings and our elected councillors are their...

Mike Rosendale info requested

The Basa — Wed, 29 May 2013 13:11:11 +0000

We currently have a dire need for information on Head of Schools and Community Services at Edinburgh Council, namely one Mike Rosendale. Regular long-time readers of EdSucks will know about...

“Diary of a whistleblower- the Edinburgh Property Conservation Scandal”

The Basa — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:26:54 +0000

COMING SOON — Update: It is now here This book tells the story of the property conservation whistleblower’s life, since the day he started at the Council in 1989 up...

Lesley Hinds splutters through interview to be aired tonight

The Basa — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:24:34 +0000

Lesley ‘Prada’ Hinds, the BurnDownie Coalition spokesperson for pretty much everything that goes on in their ivory towers, is tonight going to be seen on BBC Scotland Investigates spluttering through...

Why was whistleblowing * ** Fired?

The Basa — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:21:28 +0000

It is about time the citizens of this city took action against their council. Today we find out from the Evening News that the whistleblower in the Property Care and...

New Director to clean up Property Conservation Department?

The Basa — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:06:23 +0000

A couple of sources have been informing us over the past few days of news that a new director has been appointed to oversee the shamed Property Conservation department in...

The beginning of the end……THE EMAIL (1)

The Basa — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:43:38 +0000

The leaked email in which Dave Anderson (Suspended) reveals what all his bent officials knew was happening all along.

Charges… and more to come

The Basa — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:52:07 +0000

We think there are a few more questions the City of Edinburgh Council, a councillor and an official have to answer.

Director of City Development SUSPENDED

The Basa — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:01:08 +0000

Scalps at the highest positions are now being taken. Is this the BurnDownie coalition showing their muscles. Where's the SNP?

More Property Conservation Exits – UPDATED

The Basa — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:35:33 +0000

UPDATE A few minutes ago we received an email with the following contents: “This latest story about prop conservation is a load of crap, check your source. John livingstone is...

How many hard drives to hold a file? Deloitte tells us.

The Basa — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:37:22 +0000

It only cost £1.5m - You paid for it, but you can't read it. What would we find in it.....

Chair and Senior CLD worker covers up fraud

The Basa — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:26:29 +0000

When the treasurer of a Charity goes to a senior Council official and informs him of fraud by a member of the council's staff, we here at EdSucks believe that it is up to that official to immediately take action. We also believe that the same charity's chair, when informed, should ...............

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

The Basa — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:45:04 +0000

Edinburgh Councilâ€™s supposed â€œEducation Supremoâ€ 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

Rosendale: Marilyne MacLaren is “clueless”

The Basa — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:37:25 +0000

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

Catch-up on front-line services slash

The Basa — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:25:39 +0000

It seems our "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.

CLD front line services to be slashed

The Basa — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:06:02 +0000

It seems that six Edinburgh community centres are going to have their front-line worker taken away in the latest slashing in Children and Families. Interestingly, the report that shows the slashing was only came out two days after the last Education, Children & Families Committee meeting and all the neighbourhood based paper-pushing Managers are all sitting happy in their jobs. EdinburghSucks revealed some time ago that the CLD Managers' salary packages were â‚¤80,464 back in 2005/06

More Children & Families disarray

The Basa — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:18:13 +0000

Big Hoose for council employee Yet more examples come out showing how the largest department in the Council and the one with the biggest budget and biggest overspend is still...

Children & Families still in the gutter with new council

The Basa — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:27:52 +0000

It seems that the new broom is still stuck unwrapped in the corner since the SNP/Lib-Dem rabble moved in and hasn’t made it to clean out the trash in Children...

The Rosendale “Black Hole” Hitlist

The Basa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:46:12 +0000

After School Clubs and Community Centres on the Fraudster Rosendale’s ‘Black Hole’ List. No stone has been left unturned in the current purge by Fraudster Rosendale in looking to raise...

Sorry Porty, we (Labour council) forgot to ask for the money

The Basa — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:02:24 +0000

Everyone around the city spent hours and hours on campaigns to get their new school built. Labour were running round the city pretending to “listen to the people”, they even...