Archive for the ‘Council’ Category
Thank You… Or Not.
What a surprise, I’m sure you’ll agree, that, at the start of an election year in which PR will make it very difficult for Labour local authorities to maintain no-overall-control, we are offered “below inflation increases” to the council tax. They expect us to believe that this is aВ “real result for the taxpayer”. It’s [...]
February 8, 2007
Posted in: Council, Edinburgh, Politics, Whinge 
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Teflon Don, All Gone
As predicted by The Basa at EdinburghSucks.com and now reported by the BBC, Teflon Don Anderson is quitting as leader of the Council in Edinburgh.
About bloody time! After a year which saw the botched vote on congestion charging in which the council got thumped, and then the ensuing chaos which the council unleashed on the [...]
February 17, 2006
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Bloody Council
100_1351Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
…and this is what happens when the council choose a monday morning to start some non-urgent roadworks.
In defence of the council, that might be to save paying overtime or weekend rates for the works staff.
On the other hand, if it were, then they wouldn’t be employing staff to go to George Street [...]
October 31, 2005
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Too Angry To Think Of A Clever Title
I had all sorts of puns buzzing around my head, but the more I think about this, the angrier I get and when I’m cross, word-play goes out of the window.
City of Edinburgh Council, WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT?
When an American President takes a second term in office, you start to see some of the [...]
October 14, 2005
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