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Bill nothing to do with me Fitzpatrick must be wondering if someone up there likes him. Due to be dumped by his Labour colleagues,he is now in the position of being selected by a small band of nonentities and stand again as a Labour candidate.

Oweing to the fact that auntie Lesley Hinds is fighting and scratching to be nominated for a parlimentary seat,it is very likely that nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick could assume one of the top two positions of first past the post candidates.

Does it really matter,does anybody really give a dam and if they did they could not do anything about it,as local people do not have a say on who will be thrust upon them,that honor goes to the select band of brothers and sisters,who probably do not know the first thing about this community,but can inflict Mcginnis and Fitzpatrick,on us,democracy in action.

We at Pilton Sucks take a different view. Local people should have the opportunity to select the person they want to represent them not a handful of nod and twitch members.

We feel that secrecy in democracy has no place,and we point to the Waterfront as a bastion of secrecy encouraged by local empire builder Councillor Mcginnis. Share as little as you can and patronise them,thats Ms.Mcginnis manifesto-the hidden one of course-. Get them out, for a party machine and its robotic candidates will only dance to the party tune and sing the party message.

Your own personal opinions count for little,and as Ms Mcginnis has proved a little skull dugary goes a long way,as does maximum secrecy. Vote for the same old tired faces and you will get lots more of the same,so beware the ides of may, for Brutus may well be Ms Mcginnis and Mr. Fitzpatrick Rolled into one,and Julias Ceaser may well be this community. 

Now the nomination and selection of a candidate over at Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is reaching an orgasmic climax,we at Pilton Sucks just cannot bear the excitement a moment longer.

Our own auntie Lesley Hinds is considered to be a front runner,and we were thinking if she were to be selected she could ask Dave[fatboy] Hewitt to run her campaign,as he seems to get every other job that becomes available.

Auntie Lesley will still have to sweat it out for a little while,and of course nothing is certain and she may still get bumped and have to return as councillor in residence over in sunny Muirhouse.

But secretly she must be delighted that she has an opportunity to become an MSP and that Bunty Mcginnis does not,as clearly nobody wants her,so we are stuck with her in Greater Pilton for at least another 7 months.

So as Auntie Lesley paces up and down the floor in her best high heels and colegate smile she can only hope and pray she is selected,for if not she will have to be nice to Ms. mcginnis,and that might hurt more than anything. 

We hear on the grapevine that the Muirhouse bullys pal Mr. John Mules who was investigating one of the Muirhouse Twos complaint has returned a not guilty verdict on the bully without talking to any witnesses.Now if our information is correct,this was predictable,as the cover up goes on.

Kangeroo court is more like it,the victim is made to suffer for a long time then a simple nod and wink is given to the bully and he is free to bully on,or so he thinks. It is not over not by a long way,and it seems the victim is determined to nail the bully and his pathetic assistant.

It seems unbelievable but true pronounce a not guilty verdict but forget to talk to the witnesses,it is hard to take this seriously,these idiots must be having a laugh.Unison we understand are furious that the bully has yet again escaped the net,for the time being.Remember to be a good liar you have to have a good memory. 

Over at Edinburgh Sucks, appears a report regarding the possible closure of a Granton landmark the lighthouse on the shore road. Nothing has been reported locally by Councillor Mcginnis on this  matter. Why would this be,surely not to satisfy her cronies and greedy pals insatiable appetites for cheap land. 

This is another back door activity from Lady muck whose disregardfor the people she is supposed to represent is breath taking. Not only does she try and impose her will at every opportunity,but now it seems the will of her low life friends amd parasites from the Waterfront cabal.

Surely the time has come to resign and go with what little dignity she has left intact. But oh no,we are told quite the opposite.It would seem that lizie is intent on being selected at next weeks nomination and selection meeting,to be held at the Prentice centre. The exact date is Wedensday 25-10-06.

Her along with nothing to do with me Fitzpatrick are the two who desperatly want to be selected.If it were thrown out into the community to choose,these two would be dumped.

But you have to be a card carrying member of the Labour Party,so there wont be many at the meeting then,unless they try and stitch it up,which we have evidence has happened before. In fact it happened in favour of Councillor Mcginnis when a certain selection meeting was held in Granton Primary School.

But no matter that was many years ago and bending the rules was the order of the day.

Pilton Sucks.com feels there should be a wider choice than bunty and nothing to do with me Fitzpatrick,and we urge other people to come forward. We know of one certain candidate who comes from the community and will stand on a community candiate ticket.

This is we feel a positive move and one which the community should support,but in the end it is up to you. Do you support Mcginnis and her empire,and Fitzpatrick and his nothing to do with me mentality.

We reported to you some time ago of Mr. Fitzpatricks character. He knows one of the Muirhouse two extremely well,and yet according to a leak from Unison turned his back on his so called friend,that is the kind of person you would be voting for.

Councillor Mcginnis is an entirely different character,Greedy demanding,and two faced in a nasty way. As we have said she trys to impose her will in what ever forum she is in,and the strange thing is she seems to get away with it.

Although we hear on the grapevine and we cannot confirm it that her presence at the Royston/Wardieburn community council meetings is less than welcome. More power to their elbow,and if that is true it is a dramatic change for a community council which was rigged to allow Ms. Mcginnis to lord over it and once again impose her will.

So this is the choice for the new super ward no choice at all,if you want a change. So a community candidate offers a change,for what we shall see.

Lets face it. the waterfront is all about making money,and to hell with what the locals want. These smarmy snakes are slithering and sneaking away from having anything to do with the local community.

They are backed up by either blundering politicians or greedy ones or maybe they are one and the same. I was at that summit in the Filmhouse,and it was a lot of bollocks. Well intentioned community activists,well most of them anyway,being mugged these clever clogs with with rehearsed answers. Chisholm sat in the front row along with Councillor Mcginnis,beside their Waterfront friends,that Chisholm is nothing but a con artist,the rest are just out for themselves.

The local punters can forget it they have no chance,not with people like Mcginnis and Chisholm lording over you.

I am like a lot of other folk just sick of the lies and crap coming out of their mouths. Roll on the next elections,it has got me interested,if only to get rid of these crooks that are in office.

George. 

One of our associates had a conversation the other day with a member of the Drylaw Tellford Community Council. She was a little concerned about the political leaning of said Council. Our friend replyed that political opinions were a good a positive thing.She agreed but went on to say not just one partys opinion.

She told us that she would favour listening to opinions from all political persuasions. We agreed and said she should mention this at the next meeting,and not to be put off by Lackies from any political party.

We mentioned The Muirhouse Community council to her by way of highlighting poltical bias. She new about that,and thought it was sinister,and the members were being bulldozed into complying. We would not go that far as some members wont be bulldozed into complying. Muirhouse Salveston Community Council is in danger of becoming a political lackie if Dearest Betty Stevenson has her way,which she wont.

We have more of a hope for the West Granton Community Council,we will wait and see.

Over at sunny Royston/Wardieburn they have problems of their own to sort out. They sorted the first one out by changing the office bearers,the question on that one is why did it take them so long to do it. Couldnt have been political interference could it. But they have a bigger problem in the shape of Councillor Mcginnis. We reported that a new member  of that Council was already fed up with Ms. Mcginnis interfering all the time.

West Granton have Councillor nothing to do with me Fitzpatrick to deal with and it seems he is playing by the rules on this one,only attending when required. So one up to West Granton on that item.

Muirhouse oh dear Muirhouse,not only have they got an active bully in that dreary building they have the cheek to call a Social Work Department, They have Betty dubious citizen of the year Stevenson as chair of the Community Council,might as well hand it to the Labour party to run,as we all know she is Lesley Hinds lapdog and worships at her high heeled feet.

What to do. well we suppose it is still early days. Drylaw Tellford might well be a lot cause to political bias but there is still hope for the rest,well mabey.then again mabey not.

There are shoots of hope to be harvested as some members will fight what they see as single party bias and that is all to the good.

As a sporting bet and one of community interest,we asked the local bookie on the information we provided him with to offer odds on which community council might break the single party bias first, if any at all.

He suprised us with his odds

Qustion In your gambling opinion which of the local community councils on the information provided will be first to break the poltical bias.

Answer: On information provided we have the pleasure in offering the punters the following odds.

West Granton/Pilton  1/4 on to be first past the post.

Royston/Wardieburn to follow at 1/1 even money

Muirhouse/Salveston 15/1 against breaking the poltical bias. But these long odds would be reduced if Betty Stevenson were not chair.

DrylayTellford. A long shot at 25/1 the bookie sees no hope of political bias changed,unless a radical shake up of office bearers takes place which he thinks given the information is unlikely.

So there you have it these odds will be reviewed on a bi-monthly basis. So on the information given and the subcequent odds,it looks like West Granton and suprisingly Royston/Wardieburn look like the leading contenders to break the mould of single party bias. PLACE YOUR BETS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 

We hear on the grapevine and the qt that one of the Muirhouse Two has had his salery stopped. When he asked what progress there had ben on his serious allegations,all he got was the shutters put up. Ducking and diving coupled with nasth threats is about all the Social Work Department can come up with.

We passed this information on to our legal advisior who told us that they are manipulating proceedures to suit themselves.Unison have been informed and they should be able to handle this.

Instead of getting to the root of the problem they threaten one of their victims typical, and very much in keeping with their underhand tactics.The machine against the individual ,the thinking being that the machine always wins.They may be right.but there is always the exception,and the Muirhouse Two may well be just that. Their handpicked investigators does not fool anybody,and a half decent union rep will see through that.

Senior management have plodded and blundered their way through this debacle and could well have made matters worse as the newspapers start to get a smell of it. We have been contacted by a daily newspaper for information on the Muirhouse Two and their ongoing saga,we advised them to watch this space as developments are now imminent,and the story will break anyway.

Washing dirty linen in public is always distasteful at the best of times, but sometimes if it is in the publics interest it should be known.

Bullying is a crime and should be brought out in the open and the perpetrators punished. The councils own document on bullying talks of not tolerating bullying. That may be the case,but you are very good at covering it up and brushing away the tracks.

The papers have got a sniff of something that smell can only get stronger as the coverup goes on. Somebody will now have to carry the can for this sham. Question? Do you dig a deeper hole for your selves or do you get to the truth which is stareing you right in the face.and do something about it.

Shifting the deck chairs on the Titanic is certainly not the answer,outing the bully is. We have said before and will repeat. There will be a very loud cheer from a lot of people when the bully is finally caught and punished.

So we are told in broad headlines in the non enlightning news that the tide of exclusion re-the Waterfront is turning. What planet do you live on. This development is several years down the road and local people are more excluded than ever.

No local employment of any worth,no affordable housing to rent or buy,and secrecy from the tiny covern of those who take the decisions. If the NEN was not so obviously in the pocket of the shrinking Labour Party they might have printed the truth instead of glossing over the real facts.

The politicians have sold the community out and turned in a good impersonation of Judas. Councillor Mcginnis tell us that a decision was taken[who took it and when] not to include community reps on the board of the Waterfront Partnership.The excuse given was that to many communities would have to be involved. One would have been nice.This is from a failed politician who should do the community a favour and resign.

At least the audience reacted to that piece of nonsence stating they should have their say in how they are represented. You wont get it from Ms. Mcginnis,she only has self interest at heart. And you can forget getting any help from  Bill Baillie,because as usual it will be nothing to do with him.

Chisholm droned on about opportunities but nobody was really interested, and Chisholm is desperate to be re-elected,so he thinks the more i talk the cleverer i will sound and the mugs will vote for me.

Lazarowicz also had his tuppence worth. He is the MP who would turn up at the opening of an envelope. Where has he been during the past few years,sleeping. He has not been involved in any kind of include the locals campaign.to busy trying to grab the cheap headlines saving the planet.

He should get his priorities right there is a time and place for important environmental issues, but where have you been while we the community have been shafted by your Labour friends and their bedfellow developers.

So the tide is far from turned in fact it is a tidal wave in favour of the developers. The politicians of all parties but particularly the Labour Party as they are in office have lied and cheated the people. We have been cast adrift by a bunch of wasters who have been out witted from the start by the men in suits,and put on posh accents.

The community foolishly trusted their rulers to do a job for them,instead they have been done in and served up to the developers on a plate.

Our last word for the time being on this is saved for our knight in shinning armour. Ray Harris the principle of the newly opened Telford college. Ray got to his feet and proudly proclaimed that that come 9 am Monday morning he would be at the front of the barricades to join it all up.

Join what up, there is nothing of any substance to join,instead of bland statements Mr. Harris come out into the real world and see how this community where you have your new super duper college is struggling to have any real influence in what is going on.

So bland statements do us no good quite the opposite,it plays into the hands of the vested interests,determined to use cheap words instead of action.

 

N.Hobbs Writes in the NEN letters page about the lack of yellow lines on West Granton Road. We to took a walk along West Granton  Road to have a look for ourselves.

And what do you know, no lines so Councillor Fitzpatrick must be looking at another street. This is a poor state of affairs,cars parking where they want and no rerstrictions to protect the public or allow public transport right of way. If this were the city centre there would be uproar and parking tickets flying all over the place.

So whats the problem Bill,is it the usual excuse nothing to do with you.It is everything to do with you. You may be content that by default you and Ms. Mcginnis will be selected as the two Labour worthys at next years local elections,but if you keep up this nothing to do with you mentality,then the voters might think the same when it comes to marking their cross in the box,it is nothing to do with them.

So Bill get off your backside and make sure restrictions on parking are put in place on West Granton Road,it is your responsibility,it is your civic duty,so do it.

P.S we have a novel idea to restrict parking. Why dont the residents put up posters of Councillor Fitzpatrick,thats bound to frighten them off. 

How do you change the political map we have been asked. Well read and learn. We propose that community candidates come forward at the next elections on a community candidate manifesto,we have already read one and it is quite different and exciting.

The community councils would be given far more authority than they have at the moment and would have a greater say in the service delivery to their community. This would range from Social work, Education, Transport,Health and all other services which have a direct impact on their community.

Real teeth real power to exercise in the communitys interest.Open and accountable and public forums held regularly to consult and empower local people to take the decisions that affect their every day lifes.

Local Law and order is another issue which will be dealt with locally as will community policeing.

This is a big first step to returning politics to the community not just to be held by the party hacks.When we received this manifesto,and we have to say it was not from the person who wrote it,although we have asked his permission to print some of it,which we have,we were really motivated to say yes  this is exactly what we need,and were have you been hiding.

We spoke to the author who agreed to talk to us over the phone. He told us that politics is no great secret but is put over that way to frighten people into not coming forward. He felt and we agreed that people have been lost in the jungle of spin and promises,and that politics belongs to people and the elected members only have it on loan. Profectic words indeed.

We hope he does stand and bring the message to many more,we have not heard this kind of message before and it is a refresing change. There will be many reasons why we will be told this is not possible mostly from self iterest groups and party lackies,but look at what you have at the moment,what do you have to lose.