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Lesley Hinds Archive
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myEdinburgh shows the hypocracy
Posted on March 21, 2006 | No CommentsHypocracy is the act of pretending to have morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice. It seems that the publicity about “Rosendale’s Fraudsters” and the Council’s... -
The East Lothian Question
Posted on March 14, 2006 | No CommentsNews coming in is that East Lothian Council are becoming increasingly alarmed at the creeping invasion of Edinburgh City Council into their business. No sooner had the so-called Drugs Tsar of... -
Jobson & Inch join “Rosendale’s Fraudsters”
Posted on March 13, 2006 | No CommentsRoy Jobson the top official in Edinburgh dealing with our children’s education and Jim Inch, the head of Corporate Services who would be the council official who would carry out... -
Jennifer Long supports the Whistleblower
Posted on March 13, 2006 | No CommentsOver the weekend we received an email from a famous American whistleblower, Jennifer Long. Jennifer blew the whistle on widespread misconduct at the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS then tried... -
Council whistleblowing is bad for your purse
Posted on March 10, 2006 | No CommentsA point that is screamingly obvious is in a letter I sent to the Edinburgh Evening News which they did not publish… “The award of £5000 was rather insulting to... -
Bullying – The Council culture
Posted on March 10, 2006 | No CommentsCouncillor Rev. Ewan Aitken seems in last night’s print version of the Evening News to be coming out against bullying which to us at EdinburghSucks.com, the Community Education department and... -
Elected officials cover-up of “Rosendale’s Fraudsters”
Posted on March 9, 2006 | 3 CommentsThe following emails are now among hundreds that have been received from members of Children & Families staff and shows the current feeling of Community Education workers throughout the city... -
Will investigation be open and fair?
Posted on February 25, 2006 | No CommentsAccording to an article in tonight’s Evening News the council voted on Wednesday to carry out an investigation into whistleblowing cases going back to the year 2000. A motion by... -
It’s overwhelming – 97% say Rosendale Out!
Posted on February 21, 2006 | No CommentsYesterday’s poll on EdinburghSucks.com was overwhelming. 1,124 people cast a vote and the result was overwhelming (The results are here). 1,087 voted that Mike Rosendale should be fired with a... -
Council learns nothing from being fined
Posted on February 20, 2006 | No CommentsAfter being fined £5,000 (taxpayers money) for failing to protect a whistleblower who highlighted the total mismanagement of almost £400,000 which the auditor found “no system of control” the Council,... -
Is the Waterfront run by a cabal?
Posted on February 19, 2006 | No CommentsNew kid on the block PiltonSucks.com is throwing up some interesting information on how things are not looking good for the residents with regard to the Waterfront project. They have... -
Council whistleblower saga will continue
Posted on February 13, 2006 | 1 CommentQuestions are still not answered after the council was fined £5,000 when they were found guilty of a witchhunt to find a whistleblower who reported the £400,000 that was misspent... -
EdinburghSucks banned to aid Social Inclusion
Posted on December 16, 2005 | No CommentsIt has come to our notice that the fictional character who does the posting here on behalf of the citizenry of the city, namely ‘The Basa’ has actually been banned... -
Councillors representing YOU?
Posted on October 31, 2005 | 1 CommentThe Evening News’ Gina Davidson last week got behind what really happens in the city chambers when you thought that the councillors were looking after your interests. Ha! council insiders... -
1 in 9 ‘living in poverty’
Posted on September 29, 2005 | No CommentsA new study looking in to depravation in Scotland which was published yesterday found that more than 9,000 of the city’s residents are classed as living in Scotland’s most deprived... -
Finally secure but questions remain
Posted on August 17, 2005 | No CommentsLess than one day after the security and IT nightmare happening in the Craigmillar appeared on EdinburghSucks!.com the powers that be managed to get a secure form for applications. Once... -
Write to the Board of Directors
Posted on August 15, 2005 | No CommentsCraigmillar’s community organisations have once again taken on a life of there own. EdinburghSucks covered their Haywired project back in mid-June and it has raised it’s head again. Once the... -
Council trying to ‘rip off’ elderly
Posted on July 22, 2005 | No CommentsCareful reading and just a little bit of research at the ESPC website seems to show that although the council make many, many millions by selling off city-owned land, however... -
Teflon Don has a posse!
Posted on July 11, 2005 | No CommentsNews comes to us that Teflon Don Anderson wasn’t on his own when he took advantage of the freebie at Murrayfield last week which we mentioned earlier today. It seems... -
Hate the Aged – Council policy?
Posted on July 8, 2005 | 1 CommentIn the last few months since this site has been operating, it is just amazing to see the the way the Council treat the elderly of the city. These are...