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Two depressing things witnessed – Shame on the City’s Council!
Posted on May 11, 2009 | 4 CommentsTwo depressing things witnessed by me today as a result of poorly planned and executed tramworks fiasco / traffic diversions: Sad thing #1) Sight-impaired lady with white stick patiently standing... -
Wabster struck off – new cover-up ordered
Posted on June 3, 2007 | No CommentsOur reliable sources tell us that the company orginally set up by council employees so that they could sell council Intellectual Property Rights and take the cash for themselves was... -
SNP (now called the Scottish Nolan Party), FibUnDems and Standing Order 22
Posted on June 1, 2007 | No CommentsThe city council passed the decision to stop the funding going to Craigmillar Childcare Services. It now seems as though the Scottish Nolan Party and the FibUnDems have hatched a... -
The Lesley Hinds World Tour 2006/7
Posted on May 28, 2007 | No CommentsWith the last year of her provostship, Lesley Hinds decided to head out on the World Tour to squeeze as much as possible out of the city before she was... -
The “Sows Ear” lies again – she really does want to be Provost again
Posted on May 3, 2007 | No CommentsLabour’s Lesley Hinds, who Tom Pontin famously said looked like a “ear” who told everyone and their sister that she was very happy to serve just one term as Lord Provost... -
Al Frater, come clean…..
Posted on February 12, 2007 | No CommentsWe hear that one of the kingpins in the missing £400,000 from ELLP with Ewan Aitken and Lesley Anderson on the board together with company secretary, fraudster, liar and thug... -
Electoral Cleansing backed by leading Labour Councillors
Posted on January 10, 2007 | No CommentsLast year Edinburgh for the first time saw electoral cleansing taking part in the Craigmillar Community Council elections which not only had the highest turnout in any community council election... -
Documented proof of the CityConnect/Wabster Cover-up
Posted on December 18, 2006 | No CommentsWe have been looking for a while for documentary evidence to show the massive conflicts of interested between ELLP/City Connet/Wabster where the senior Council official, David Hillson joined the criminal... -
The sow’s ear comes second, second last
Posted on November 17, 2006 | No CommentsCurrent Lord Provost Lesley Hinds’ popularity was clear for all to see when she came second last in the fight down in the east of Edinburgh for the some to... -
Lesley Hinds’ best buddy Betty gets pissed off with openness
Posted on October 9, 2006 | No CommentsOur glorous Lord Provost who is having a go on Thursday to get nominated for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is having problems in her own constituency. Her best buddy Betty... -
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Posted on September 30, 2006 | No CommentsStand-in Director of Children & Families, serial bully, fraudster and liar, Mike Rosendale has spent quite a bit of his time in the last week lying whilst in the witness... -
Dr. Christine Fitton does a “Tommy Sheridan”
Posted on September 18, 2006 | No CommentsIt seems that the heirarchy in in Children & Familes will once again be trotting down to the industrial tribunal on the way to yet another sound hammering when their... -
Council must be worried about bullied worker’s £800,000 win
Posted on August 2, 2006 | No CommentsWith the news coming in that a bank worker in London won £800,000 damages for four year bullying campaign by bank staff (http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1118332006) the council legal department must be worried... -
Pete McDougall blowing the story to TES
Posted on July 18, 2006 | No CommentsNews into edinburghsucks.com is that one of Rosendale’s fraudsters, the jokingly called “Digital Champion”, Pete McDougall is in talks with Times Education Supplement to spill the beans on the whole Cityconnect... -
Rosendale: “Whistleblower out by end of summer”
Posted on July 13, 2006 | No CommentsIt seems that Mike ‘Fraudster’ Rosendale and his senior employees have been letting their fingers do the walking in the latest saga of the Whistleblower case. A personnel official in... -
Craigmillar totally fucked by publicly funded cabal
Posted on July 12, 2006 | 1 CommentLast 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... -
New Leader Vol. III
Posted on July 10, 2006 | No CommentsThere is only one of the council leadership contenders left to highlight some of the problems they have in their current jobs.   Again, the third contender in a row... -
Teflon Don doesn’t trust Fraudster Rosendale
Posted on June 29, 2006 | No CommentsWell, well, well. Reading the answer given in today’s full council meeting from Counci Leader Teflon Don Anderson to Councillor Dawe with regard to Fraudster Rosendale’s handling of the Cityconnect... -
Cityconnect questions at full council – again
Posted on June 28, 2006 | No CommentsIt seems that tomorrow’s full council meeting will again be discussing Cityconnect, ELLP and Wabster. Regular readers will know that this Head of Strategy for Children & Families’ gang of... -
Whistleblower heads to court
Posted on June 23, 2006 | No CommentsThe news this week that the whistleblower in the Cityconnect and ELLP fiasco is heading to court for further action against the council for their bungling cover-up of the loss...