Well placed, Aye Right Tom.

The Evening Chip Paper will carry a story tonight about city council chief executive Tom Aitchison putting his neck on the line at the full council meeting yesterday saying that:
“Without being complacent about this, we are quite far advanced in terms of our planning and preparations.
“I can give you the reassurance that a lot of [...]

Chunky Councillor MacLaren to be a proven LIAR

Education leader Marilyne MacLaren (known to fellow councillors as Moo Moo) it seems is has to go back to school to learn how to tell the truth. The grossly overweight councillor who has spent her time in power going from mishap to mishap is to be proven a liar next week when one again Dr. Ralph Musgrave gives a damning report to the council – Ralphie’s last report was showing how Nolan and his Craigmilar Cabal were, like Councillor MacLaren, at it. It is widely expected in the EdSucks hut that

Report on CEC: Overall there was a lack of management….

We are all used to Donald ‘Teflon Don’ Anderson and Ewan ‘Rasputin’ Aitken telling us just how well they are doing with our taxpayer pounds.  Isn’t it interesting when JR emails us and points us in the direction of pure proof that they are not doing to well at all – in fact they are [...]

Children & Families rises the same as Ministerial ones

It was interesting to see The Scotsman, The Evening News, Radio Forth and Talk107 (sometimes called CouncilFM) all covering the story we broke about the massive pay rises in the Children and Families department.  What was most interesting about the coverage is that UNISON were wheeled out to back them.
On looking closer at the figures [...]

Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal

Last night at Craigmillar’s Community Council meeting the same three office bearers who were thrown out at the recent elections were installed back into their positions against the wishes of the community and using the publicly funded resources of Crapacity Building Project, Craigmillar Childcare Services and Haywired.
Installed against the wishes of the community were:

Chair: Paul [...]

Donald Anderson – Tell the truth, PLEASE!

Councillor Anderson, you REALLY must be joking! 
“We will be seeking firm assurances from the head of the department involved that these problems have been properly dealt with.”
The head of the department, Mike Rosendale, has covered up the whole nightmare since August 1999 as you well know – he was intricately involved.  He was the Company [...]