Ship Ahoy
You will remember we reported to you about the fiasco surrounding the Lighthouse Studios in Granton,well here is an update.
The City Council for those that are unaware has spent £200,000 of community charge payers money on developing new plans for the studios. Along comes Councillor Mcginnis with some trumped up cock and bull story and bingo the lease is not to be renewed.
Councillor Mcginnis and bestest buddy Stephen Izzat the cheif executive of Waterfront Edinburgh have other super duper plans for this community facility. When Mr. Izatt was asked what facilities would replace the studios, he just shrugged his shoulders and said.
The market will ultimately decide. How about that then for an insight into how Ms. Mcginnis and her bestest buddy think. So much for community consultation,planning and social inclusion.
While we are at it did you know that the Pilton Elderly Project is the only community group to receive financial support from Waterfront Edinburgh as part of its so called community charm offensive. Surely Councillor Mcginnis must know that this is a serious conflict of interest,and must be bordering on dodgy legal ground.
One last tit bit which we regard as criminal. The City council,through Waterfront Edinburgh,has given £33 million in public subsidy for infrastructure,shore-works and land decontamination. This money is the local tax payers money which is being used to subsidise housing for the wealthy.And just to add salt in the wounds those who reside in this SIP area have the greatest levels of deprevation in the lothians and East Scotland.
We have called for the resignation of Councillor Mcginnis,we repeat this she has to go,she has played the locals for suckers while snuggling up to her new friends the developers.
What about Councillor nowght to do with me Fitzpatrick,he does not escape,although he has tried to,he is guilty for doing nothing and allowing empress Mcginnis a free hand in these murky dealings. He to has lost the confidence of the voters and is living on past memories.
What a tangled web of deciet and cheating. The punters do not have a clue what is going on and only find out by reading our site. This is a diabolical situation millions of pounds chucked at the Waterfront parasites and the punters of Greater Pilton left to scramble for the scrapes. We desperatly need political change,the elections cannot come quick enough.