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	<title>Edinburgh Sucks! &#187; Tom Aitchison</title>
	<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com</link>
	<description>An account of how the politicians and officials are screwing our city.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Report on CEC: Overall there was a lack of management&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/02/26/report-on-cec-overall-there-was-a-lack-of-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2007/02/26/report-on-cec-overall-there-was-a-lack-of-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Housing Dept.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? We are all used to Donald &#8216;Teflon Don&#8217; Anderson and Ewan &#8216;Rasputin&#8217; Aitken telling us just how well they are doing with our taxpayer pounds.  Isn&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children &#038; Families rises the same as Ministerial ones</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/27/children-families-rises-the-same-as-ministerial-ones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/27/children-families-rises-the-same-as-ministerial-ones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children &#038; Families]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roy Jobson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alasdair Morgan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alex Neil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Darling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Allan Wilson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alyn Smith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Burns]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Andy Kerr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Annabel Goldie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fallon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brian Monteith]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[COSLA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cathy Jamieson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Colin Fox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communities Scotland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Council Official]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Craigmillar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Baird]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David McLetchie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Walker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Des McNulty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Gorrie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Wilson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Maginnis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elspeth Attwooll]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Hyslop]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frank Russell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fred Mackintosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Jackson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Munro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Haywired]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hugh Henry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iain Whyte]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ian Murray]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ian Perry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jack McConnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[James Gray]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Dawe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Lowrie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Wallace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Johann Lamont]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Longstaff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Prescott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Swinney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kate MacKenzie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ken Harrold]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ken Macintosh]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Mac Wilkinson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Chisholm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Margo MacDonald]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marilyne MacLaren]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ballard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mark Lazarowicz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Child]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mick McNulty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Pringle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Watson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Murdo Fraser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Murray Tosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nichol Stephen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Griffiths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Norma Cuthbertson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Ferguson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patsy King]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Nolan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Hain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Peacock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Attridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Wheeler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ricky Henderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ross Finnie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SNP]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SSP]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shami Khan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Gilmore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve Cardownie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Struan Stevenson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tavish Scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCabe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Pontin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tommy Sheridan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tory Bliar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Davies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UK Parliament]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[William Fitzpatrick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/07/12/craigmillar-totally-fucked-by-publicly-funded-cabal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Last night at Craigmillar&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donald Anderson - Tell the truth, PLEASE!</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/29/donald-anderson-tell-the-truth-please/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/29/donald-anderson-tell-the-truth-please/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 05:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alistar Frater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Children &#038; Families]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Hillson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milligan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pete McDougall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roy Jobson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Councillor Anderson, you REALLY must be joking! 
&#8220;We will be seeking firm assurances from the head of the department involved that these problems have been properly dealt with.&#8221;
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top-heavy with bureaucrats.</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/21/top-heavy-with-bureaucrats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/21/top-heavy-with-bureaucrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 22:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/05/21/top-heavy-with-bureaucrats/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Fife&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to fix an election</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/20/how-to-fix-an-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/20/how-to-fix-an-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity Building Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Walker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jackie O'Donnell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mick McNulty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patsy King]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paul Nolan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/04/20/how-to-fix-an-election/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>myEdinburgh shows the hypocracy</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/21/myedinburgh-shows-the-hypocracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/21/myedinburgh-shows-the-hypocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Alistar Frater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Children &#038; Families]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Hillson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education Dept.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ewan Aitken]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lesley Hinds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lord Provost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roy Jobson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Hypocracy is the act of pretending to have morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice.
It seems that the publicity about &#8220;Rosendale&#8217;s Fraudsters&#8221; and the Council&#8217;s treatment of whistleblowers have rocked even the corporate services department of the our fourth reich council.  It seems our information which we pointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same thinking - What colour is a bus again?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/19/same-thinking-what-colour-is-a-bus-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/19/same-thinking-what-colour-is-a-bus-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fred Mackintosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rosendale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roy Jobson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Liam Rudden in Saturday&#8217;s Evening News seems to agree with our post on Friday about &#8220;Taxigate II - The Cooncil&#8221;  Who is in who&#8217;s pocket when he writes in his column that:
The revelation this week that senior city councillors have wracked up a taxi bill of £3500 in just one year is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is in who&#8217;s pocket?</title>
		<link>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/17/who-is-in-whos-pocket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinburghsucks.com/2006/03/17/who-is-in-whos-pocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Basa</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Donald Anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Dawe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jim Inch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Aitchison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[is basa real? Senior council officials seem extremely hesitant to carry out investigations even although they get paid incredible amounts of money to be in their positions and ensure that oor leaders are not ripping us off. 
It seems that Jim Inch is quite happy to take his £110k annually but is afraid to do his [...]]]></description>
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