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Craigmillar Incubator: Gettin Jiggy wiv it!
Posted on March 24, 2007 | No CommentsMore sad news on how public money is being spent. The Craigmillar Business Incubator project which has it’s site at http://www.craigmillarincubator.co.uk/ has a seemingly novel way of supplementing it’s public... -
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... -
Loose cannon KhaNolan forced into re-run
Posted on November 21, 2006 | No CommentsShami 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... -
What really happened down East?
Posted on October 18, 2006 | No CommentsSo that readers and citizens are not truly swayed by last night’s Evening News story ( http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1538292006Â ) on the the contest to become candidate for Labour’s safest seat in the... -
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... -
Council ignores experts…. again!
Posted on June 22, 2006 | No CommentsOnce again the city council are ignoring the advice of the experts (again including the emergency services) and doing their political best to spoil one of the most beautiful streets... -
How to fix an election
Posted on April 20, 2006 | No Comments1. 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... -
Quis custodies ipsos custodiet?
Posted on April 11, 2006 | No CommentsInterestingly with today’s verdict on transport chief Andrew ‘bumbling Andy’ Burns being cleared of breaching the councillors’ code of conduct it is interesting to look at Chief investigating officer Stuart... -
Who could be the defectors?
Posted on March 29, 2006 | No CommentsOur mailbox was busy yesterday and last night with possible names of the defecting councilors from Labour. It seems that there is quite a lot of infighting going on in... -
Defections, defections, defections!
Posted on March 28, 2006 | No CommentsIt seems that Teflon Don was a bit over the top yesterday in his glee over the defection of John Longstaff from the Lib Dems to the Labour party. News... -
“My Craigmillar” by a reader
Posted on March 10, 2006 | No CommentsI 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. ... -
A little bit conversation…
Posted on February 28, 2006 | No CommentsBecause there has been a little bit conversation and looks like there will be a little bit action, celebration is required. This presentation is for all the council workers who... -
What is social inclusion in Craigmillar?
Posted on February 7, 2006 | 6 CommentsIn a dramatic and contentious Craigmillar Social Inclusion Partnership Extraordinary Board Meeting today, it became clear that there had to be an external investigation of Board Member, Funding Panel Chairman... -
Craigmillar Clean-Up? Comments please!
Posted on January 24, 2006 | 13 CommentsIt seems that the brooms are in Craigmillar as we type. Councillor Ian Perry with the full backing of the leader Teflon Don is sitting in a meeting of the... -
Finally secure but questions remain
Posted on August 17, 2005 | No CommentsLess than one day after the security and IT nightmare happening in the Craigmillar appeared on EdinburghSucks!.com the powers that be managed to get a secure form for applications. Once... -
Write to the Board of Directors
Posted on August 15, 2005 | No CommentsCraigmillar’s community organisations have once again taken on a life of there own. EdinburghSucks covered their Haywired project back in mid-June and it has raised it’s head again. Once the... -
EdinburghSucks.com Wrong – Shock, Horror!
Posted on August 10, 2005 | No CommentsUPDATED: It seems EdinburghSucks!com sometimes doesn’t get it quite correct and we notice that our latest post about Craigmillar Councillor Jackie O’Donnell did not include all the facts. Although the... -
Who gets a Wimpey House for £6,007?
Posted on August 8, 2005 | 1 CommentThats right. Not a Wendy house, not a Barbie house but actually a Wimpey house for the sum of SIX THOUSAND AND SEVEN POUNDS STERLING. Papers EdinburghSucks!com have in our... -
Readers Letters 2
Posted on June 21, 2005 | 1 CommentAgain it is time to publish some of the readers letters – a sampling of the over 70 received today. Again I have left out all the names but if... -
£500,000 for a splash page
Posted on June 15, 2005 | 2 CommentsFurther information that Council associated projects know exactly zero, nada, klum, nothing, f-all, bugger-all, nuffin, bog-all about technology comes from bogfrog over at Craignet. The publicly funded Craigmillar Partnership which...