CLD front line services to be slashed

It seems that six Edinburgh community centres are going to have their front-line worker taken away in the latest slashing in Children and Families. Interestingly, the report that shows the slashing was only came out two days after the last Education, Children & Families Committee meeting and all the neighbourhood based paper-pushing Managers are all sitting happy in their jobs. EdinburghSucks revealed some time ago that the CLD Managers’ salary packages were ₤80,464 back in 2005/06

Prat Picture Papers - It’s Eric Teeth Milligan again

Yet another long-time leech politican proves that they would do absolutely anything to get their picture in the papers. The latest wheeze for the Evening News is to get the former Lord Provost, Eric (teeth) Milligan to stick his pinky up at Sainsburys - and the prat actually did it.

More Children & Families disarray

Big Hoose for council employee

Yet more examples come out showing how the largest department in the Council and the one with the biggest budget and biggest overspend is still totally out of control despite a new Director and new Executive Member. This goes to prove that the posts ad infinitum we have ran about […]

Full steam ahead and screw the War Memorial

Lost because of the trams

It seems that the trams have taken over the city completely including running all the way through the The McCrae’s Battalion War Memorial at the Haymarket.
In recent weeks we have been pounded with stories about trams, including the complete closure of Shandwick Place for months which never reared their ugly head […]

Frank Boyle and Andrew Burns get it right

Someone reminded us that Councillor Andrew Burns got it right way back in 2006! Click Here.

Chamber of Commerce blew it for their members

It seems Edinburgh’s Chamber of Commerce are as good at fighting for their members as the Council are for businesses and that is pisspoor. After a few days of guffawing over who should get the cash windfall and a reduction in business rates the Council and EDI have caved in and brought the cut-off