Loose cannon KhaNolan forced into re-run

Shami KhaNolan, the loose racist cannon in the Duddingston and Craigentinny ward last night was forced into a re-run at the nomination ballot.
First in the ballot was council leader Ewan ‘Rasputin’ Aitken but there was a tie for the coveted second place between Shami and Labour party secretary Otis which will bring them both back […]

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 […]

The £85,OOO council trainee

It has been highlighted to us here at EdSucks that the huge problem of how the Cityconnect/ELLP krew managed to somehow arrange for £400,OOO and £188,OOO worth of equipment to go missing was because they had put a highly paid (In excess of £85,000) trainee in charge - and IT’S OFFICIAL, because it is in […]

Councillor Longstaff defects to Labour

What a year for defections in the Council.  At first Steve Cardownie, the still Deputy Provost defected from Labour to SNP and now Liberal Democrat councillor for Dalmeny and Kirkliston, John Longstaff has filled up the numbers in the Labour benches to give them a majority once again.
Although the Cardownie defection was a shock to […]

They’ll spend our money but not theirs

Edinburgh’s Labour party are extremely happy about spending taxpayers money in trying to oust new SNP councilor Steve “thug” Cardownie from everything Edinburgh. The hapless Lord Provost Lesley Hinds is diving around Edinburgh attending everything down to the opening of a packet of crisps to ensure that Cardownie is left without a function to […]

Councillors representing YOU?

The 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 say that Councillor Trevor Davies, currently the city’s planning convener, is manoeuvring to try to take Anderson’s role as leader of the council. “He has […]