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Cut our schools, leave a huge defecit, Wow - You’re Hired

By The Basa ⋅ September 13, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Jobs(on) for the boys which we reported a week ago has now been picked up by the Evening News and Scotsman with with few more details in fact less details than we pubished on EdSucks.  Both rags have his job as “Project Manager” which raises questions as to who is right, EdSucks or Scotsman Publications?  […]

Community Learning & Development on the line

By The Basa ⋅ August 27, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

News into EdSucks towers is that The Fraudster formerly known as Rosendale is telling all and any councillor that will listen that scrapping CLD will help enormously because “the workers in the field are not producing the goods”.  In fact it seems that Children & Families are in complete turmoil and the policy changes depending […]

Councillor blog roundup

By The Basa ⋅ May 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

We thought it might be a good idea to skip around the city’s councillors blogs to see what is happening in their world.  There may be some of the new administration that have blogs but we haven’t found them yet so maybe if you are a councillor and you have a blog, let us know […]

Children & Families still as bad - eTeam a shambles.

By The Basa ⋅ May 28, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

It seems that things down Children & Families way are still as bad and corrupt as before the election.  Maybe the new Executive Member, Marilyn MacLaren hasn’t had time to get her sleeves rolled up and start sorting it out with the new Director.
A problem that seems to have been bubbling up over the past […]

Former transport “supremo” nominated

By The Basa ⋅ May 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

It would seem that it is not only EdSucks that gets nominations for the New Statesman New Media Awards.  Former Transport and Children & Families Executive member Andrew Burns has managed to get nominated. 
It will be interesting to see how he does - he definitely has the best politicians blog in Scotland as far as […]

Community Centres taking a stand

By The Basa ⋅ March 27, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Last night a pretty full room of Community Centre Management Committee members from across the city had a meeting in the Southside Community Education Centre.  The group known as the Edinbugh Federation of Community Council Management Committees were not happy about the current Fraudster Rosendale plan to get rid of pesky Management Committees and put […]

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