Care Commision raids Craigmillar Childcare Services ( CCS )

We are told today that Craigmillar Childcare Services (CCS), one of the ‘community industries’ in Craigmillar that went for 6 seats on the local community council in what council leader Teflon Don Anderson called ‘electoral cleansing’ was raided on Friday by the Care Commission.  The organisation is run by Patsy King, the first cousin of former [...]

Council catching up with EdSucks

It seems that the monthly full council meeting is trying to catch up with the stories on EdinburghSucks.
The investigation into Cityconnect and ELLP is being asked for my Councillor Mackintosh and will be presented by the Executive Member for Children and Families, Ewan Aitken.  Rev Aitken of course knows that his report is only the [...]

Craigmillar has chosen – Yeah baby!

The count for the Craigmillar community council election took place this morning and the middle-class professionals, as former ‘Craigmillar Don’ Paul Nolan calls them (or Nolan’s Family and Friends as the rest of us call them), were soundly hammered by the people of Craigmillar!
Crapacity Building Project chief, David Walker and a couple others managed to squeeze [...]

Craigmillar Community Council Election

 

 
If you are voting in the Craigmillar Community Council Election at which you have 16 votes, the following are the suggested 16 candidates which EdinburghSucks.com supports: 
Kate Barron - Bingham
Liz Barron - Bingham
Mike Bridgeman - Bingham
Tony Clapham - Niddrie Marischal
John Clark - Magdalene
Grace Crosby - The Hays
Norrie Davies - Craigmillar Castle
Ann Dobie - Bingham
Jim Duncan - Greendykes
Honor Flynn - Greendykes
Midge Lamb - Newcraighall
Claire McKernan - Craigmillar Castle
Gus Meechan - Niddrie Marischal
Jan Myerthall - Craigmillar Castle
Val O’Rourke - Craigmillar Castle
Theresa Wallace - Niddrie Mill   
Votes for the abovementioned candidates [...]

First Minister’s office looking into Craigmillar

An email in to EdinburghSucks.com today by a regular correspondent shows that the First Minister’s office has today confirmed that they are looking into the current situation in Craigmillar vis a vis all the enquiries into the pitiful running of some of the major projects and the wasting of not only Communities Scotland cash but [...]

Cabal meltdown begins

With the big news that hit the airwaves and press today about disgraced ex-councillor Paul Nolan, hopefully begins the meltdown of the cabal that has ruined the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh over the last 20 years.
Paul Nolan admitted to Evening News journalist Gareth Rose that he had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money.  What Nolan [...]