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 […]

Top-heavy with bureaucrats.

Fife’s version of Tom Aitchison the Chief Executive has finally come out and said what most Scots have been saying for decades, that Scotland is chronically over-governed.
Although it took him 30 years to pluck up the courage to say it, it is refreshing to hear.  However it will not affect the huge pension he will […]

How to fix an election

1. Appoint one of your employees as the returning officer.
2. Refuse to send out nomination papers.
3. Fix the polling station.
4. Keep secret information about the counts.
Roll on a few weeks to the next community council meeting which happened to be timetabled for the same night as the East Edinburgh Development Committee, Craigmillar Castle Residents Association […]