On yer bike, and they really are serious

They actually surveyed the public about it. The public told them no. Guess what, screw the public, we’re in charge, we’ll just do it.
TRANSPORT bosses are to push on with plans to introduce a bike sharing scheme in the Capital, despite a survey failing to find public support for the project.
First mistake they [...]

Tories fighting like ferrets in a sack

It seems the Conservatives in Edinburgh have had a couple of weeks of infighting culminating in close run contest at their AGM with leader Iain Whyte just managing to hold on to power by voting for himself.
Cllr Whyte said: “Jeremy and I are on friendly terms and I believe I have his full support, this [...]

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 [...]

Tory leader emptying bins?

Councillor Iain Whyte the leader of the Tory group at the council has today been challenged to empty the bins and has his leadership called into question in today’s Evening News by a Kingsknowe resident today.
The difficult situation between the council and its employees who collect our refuse is not helped by the comments of [...]

City politicans join our call for resignation

Leading city politicians today joined with EdinburghSucks!com call earlier this week for the sacking of city transport supremo Andrew Burns.
Phil Wheeler, the Liberal Democrats’ transport spokesman, agreed it was time for Mr Burns to resign from his post.
and
Iain Whyte, the city’s Tory group leader, said he had lost confidence in Mr Burns overseeing transport [...]

£150,000 for new meetings

Seems like the conservatives don’t want to play with labour any more even though the labour have turned up with a £150,000 ball.
Bumbling Andy Burns has already spent over £8,000,000 of our money on a transport referendum where the citizens basically told him to go and do unspeakable things to himself but now he has [...]