Politicians listen, but only when it suits them

It seems that EdinburghSucks’ call for EU monitors to be called into monitor the so-far rigged community council election in Craigmillar was taken seriously by some of Scotland’s MEPs and they are all in a tizzy to fly down to Craigmillar and sort the mess out for the community.
It is funny that for well over […]

How to fix an election

1. Appoint one of your employees as the returning officer.
2. Refuse to send out nomination papers.
3. Fix the polling station.
4. Keep secret information about the counts.
Roll on a few weeks to the next community council meeting which happened to be timetabled for the same night as the East Edinburgh Development Committee, Craigmillar Castle Residents Association […]

Are the Council joining The Fix?

With the opening of nominations for Craigmillar Community Council, the body that gives the corrupt people the power in Craigmillar’s ‘poverty industry’, the council’s Community Council and Liaison & Development Officer is refusing to distribute nomination forms to interested members of the public.
Yet another huge ‘conflict of interest’ took place in the district a couple […]

Another microscope for Craigmillar’s Cabal

Today’s Evening News runs another story of the investigation into a conflict of interest with the disgraced ex-councillor Paul Nolan and the appointment of a new unnamed chief of said investigation.

It is understood the unnamed official has begun interviewing staff involved with the projects affiliated to the Craigmillar Partnership.
In 2002, the Craigmillar Partnership board […]

Warning! Pete McDougall (A ‘Rosendale Fraudster’) Punting

It would appear that one of “Rosendale’s Fraudsters” is punting around various community centers for some business. Him and his partner Susan Mackenzie at (this is a laugh…..) Community Initiatives, otherwise known as CityConnect.cc sent the following email around to community centers and community organisations - must be running out of work at Haywired in […]

“My Craigmillar” by a reader

I lived in the greater Craigmillar all of my childhood, it used to be a great place to live.  I’ve now moved out of that area because of this crap.  Its been the same people cooking the books for a while now.  There really needs to be a public inquiry about them.  I only wish […]