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Friends and Readers. Once again the financial wizardry of the ruling party must be questioned. In fact some eager beaver did. When asked how much the congestion charge scheme cost,which as you know was rejected by the Edinburgh punters the reply which had us reeling was 9.13 million pounds yes thats right 9.13MILLION POUNDS.

Oh but it gets better, nearly 5 million pounds was spent on the farcical changes to city centre traffic management, and wait for it, in December last year this had to be cut back after city centre shop takings collapsed.

Yet another Labour group mess and and bad financial management, dear oh dear no wonder they have not bothered to tell us the truth, or for that matter tell us anything we just pay up and shut up.

Oh by the way if you are looking for somebody to manage the peoples money we know of a very good treasurer in Greater Pilton- but then if he had any sense he would run a mile from that bunch of incompetents    

Friends and Readers. It would seem our ruling party have been less than honest with the electorate[suprise-suprise].A source close to the ruling labour group tells us that when they were setting our  new and increased council tax these fly and dishonest cabal raided the emergency reserves.

In case you did not know and since they are not likely to tell you the reserves are used to tackle crisis such as increases in fuel costs or a possibility of say bird flu.

So now the general reserve is almost certainly under 5 million pounds, not anything like enough for a council that spends more than 700 million pounds a year.

So friends and readers here is the punch line. If the Scottish Executive does not bail out these financial bafoons next year our council tax bills will go through the roof. Who elects these people we are told that through amongst other factors great financial management our council tax increases have been kept down,these elected morons are killing this city with their amature antics and deceit to the electorate.

As the song says when will we ever learn.

Friends and Readers. you are now well aware that PiltonSucks.com is actively running an anti-workplace bullying campaign, and its effects on the victims. As you know we have been covering as best we can the case of the MUIRHOUSE TWO who were bullied into submission by the Muirhouse Social Work Centre Criminal Justice Bully.

We are sorry to say that it has been reported to us, we have to tell you that this was a message passed to us from Shrubhill, so we have no evidence to support it, that one of the MUIRHOUSE TWO is suffering from severe depression as a result of what he experienced at Muirhouse Social Work Centre. We, if this is true are deeply saddened to report this.

When we tried to contact him we were told he would be unable to speak with us such was his state of mind at present.  We are shocked and angered that The Social Work Department must know about this and have as yet not brought the bully to justice. What has to happen before justice is seen to be done, does somebody have to die?   They would probably try to cover that up to.

We were numbed to find out about this, and we would have not been any the wiser if it had not been for our source at Shrubhill, thank you for that and keep us posted.

Will he, the victim, ever be able to trust again who knows.  We at Pilton Sucks.com will keep on the case, we hope his colleagues will support him they must do - they could be next.  Nothing would suprise us about the City of Edinburgh Social Work Department.

What of the other victim of the Muirhouse bully, well he is fighting on and pressing for an independent investigation, as we are and continue to do.  We, like the victims, are in this for the long haul.  We know that it will take time to get justice but we have that, the Muirhouse bully might think he has that, and for the time being he probably has, but it is limited.  Soon it will be made public, as will his name, but then again everybody in the social work department we have contacted knows who it is, and is very aware of the plight of the MUIRHOUSE TWO.

This dear friends is indeed a sorry tale, a tale of bully and victim, a tale of  illness and isolation, also one of protection and cover-up of the sinner while the sinned against, suffers.

What kind of society do we live in, were a so called caring profession allows bullys to thrive unpunished, while the victims have to suffer in silence. If we are to believe that justice willout then we have to see it in action.

WE ARE WATCHING                 

Readers and Friends. Your friend and mine Derek ‘dodgy’ Suttie - thats based at the Prentice Centre, is trying to gag staff by getting the union to forbid staff from using work computers so by in his tiny imagination, protect His drinking buddy Mike Rosendale.

Fortunately the union told him were to get off. His belief in his own self-importance was certainly not justified. Community Education is like social work, rotten to the core and full of spineless gutless wonders. Suttie is just another one ass-licking, crawling, small individuals, unfortunately we have to bear him in this community.

The dodgy Suttie should look at his own track record, particularly when he was the worker at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre. When he did put in an appearance, which was not to often, you would know he was coming because the smell of alcohol arrived first. This habit was covered up, but like any other council employee who is a crawler or a bully they are looked upon with favour. Just ask the Muirhouse bully, that sleazy character is still practicing his trade, and why, simple really, his wee legs can just be spotted coming out of the backsides of his management friends.

So it seems, if like Mr. ‘dodgy’ Suttie and the Muirhouse bully, you creep, crawl, lie, and cheat then the council is your oyster. Are these the kind of brain dead morons you want employed by the council on your behalf? We think not!

Next time you pass Mr. ‘dodgy’ Suttie in the street or more likely, catch him in a bar, ask him how he can justify trying to gag staff just to protect another crook from being found out.

Friends and readers. By now the lucky punters who put their names forward for the community council will know their fate. It will be breath held to see if we are to have an election in any of the Greater Pilton wards. If not then it is business as usual, with the suporters of the ruling party taking prominence.

We hope that the community councillors have minds of their own and do not end up as talking shops for an ever decreasing Labour Party.  As they try to shore up their support in the constiuency what better opportunity than to try and dominate the community councils. It would be no suprise for instance to see friends and family of our foreign hoilday queen Elizabeth Maginnnis dominate that community council, somethings just never change.

Friends and Readers it would seem if the Evening News is to be believed that the counci is waking up to the fact that they have a massive problem with bullying. The rev councillor ewan aitken has spoken and like the sermon on the mount only less eloquent has told us what we have known for some time that bullying exists.

We know that what are you going to do about it.We at Pilton Sucks.com have highlighted the problem of the MUIRHOUSE TWO and the bullying they suffered, if the councillor is serious then why is the Muirhouse bully still in post when the evidence against him is substancial and the practice at Muirhouse social Work centre warrents an outside investigation not an internal assessment, he shoud be concerned about the cover up that is going on, to deflect away any blame on the bully, why when so many people know who he is that the council do nothing, he is well known for his behaviour outside in the community treating people as though it was something he stepped in

We at Pilton Sucks.com will happily let the councillor have the evidence, we also have access to taped evidence where the bully is clearly heard verbally abusing a member of staff on more than one occassion. So there is nothing to stop you asking for a full outside investigation into the dreadful events at Muirhouse which have left two members of staff out in the cold and being made to feel they are guilty not the Muirhouse bully.

So far we have had nothing from the social work department about the MUIRHOUSE TWO or anybody else who has suffered bullying in the workplace, but we would like to remind the muirhouse bully -WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE and so do many others,you will not get away for ever no matter how much your managers cover up for you, you may have pulled the wool over their eyes but you will not fool us, you will be punished for your dreadful behaviour and rightly so.

You might be confident in your web of lies but you will trip up after all you are a serial bully and you cannot stop it is not in your nature, if you cannot bully your own staff because you are being watched you will try and bully elsewhere, but we are watching you and you will be found out others will come to realise the truth and support the MUIRHOUSE TWO they had the courage to come forward and it may well we hope open the floodgates for other victims to come forward.

Pilton Sucks.com is asking if there is anybody else out there and we know for sure there is who has had a run in with the muirhouse bully to come forward and tell your story, do not be afraid the MUIRHOUSE TWO lead the way they have brought what has been known for a long time out into the open they cannot be deserted, they have to be supported, we as a society cannot and must not tolerate workplace bullying we have to out these bullys and remove them so they can never again harm anybody.

We detest bullying as most people do we want the bullys shown the error of their ways and made at the very least to compensate their victims in some way. We hope the muirhouse bullys days are numbered, the pressure will mount for a full investigation into the events surrounding the MUIRHOUSE TWO the bully must be brought to account for his actions. REMEMBER WE ARE WATCHING.  

Friends and Readers all is quite as we await the new communtiy charge books which should be droping on our door steps very shortly.  The glee on the faces of the Labour aristocracy, the deafening silence of delight, the massive slaps of self congratulations at their briilance at being able as they tell us to keep the increase to a minimum, we should not vote for them it only encourages them.

So as the Water of Leith slowly flows on and on and on….. so does the noble rulers of the city confident in the fact that whatever they do they can con the plebs into believing it is for their own good, but they just do not realise it.

Should not our noble rulers come out of their gilded palace come into the communities and explain to the punters exactly what it is that we do not understand.  Give us your words of wisdom dazzle us with your intellects, and give us plebs some of your very important time in an attempt to make us understand what is good for us and how we will all be better off in the long run.

We at PiltonSucks.com are convinced that the people would sit open mouthed in anticipation of what was to come. Unfortunatly we are giving our rulers a little to much credit, it is far more likely that you will be ignored and ridiculed in your efforts to get any kind of sense from that lot.

But like any bad smell they will linger on for a while, one or two might try and con the punters into voting them into the Scottish Parliment, some might take the money and run to their outside interests, and the rest, well they will just squabble over who is to be the new leader of a depleted labour group, or how they can get rid of Provost hHnds so they can put Cardownie in and asure themselves of an extra vote if neccessary.

The rest of us mere mortals, we just go on picking up the tab slowly but surely being ground down till our resistance is all but gone.

But have faith my good friends sometimes the greatest plans of mice and men can be changed, so do not let this tale make you despondent, all is not lost.  You the residents of Greater Pilton have the power in those little wooden polling booths you go into every so often. This time when you do, examine the ballot carefully and take a moment to think, how can my communty benifit who best can do the job that is required, when you have done that look down the list of names, and vote with your head not with the party propaganda they try and brainwash you with.

You might get a pleasant suprise some people might emerge who you think can do a better job than the last lot, so when the time comes please vote it really is important, but of equal importance is, make the right choice and have a long memory think back four years and remember the stories you were told and how many of them had a happy ending, not many.

And as we meander through the maze of lies, downright lies and statistics, take heart from the fact that you can change it you and only you.  Promises do not mean a dam thing if in the end all you get is shafted and then told it is good for you.  Friends and readers ask the question why and keep asking it, why have we not been included in the new Jerusalem why can we not get access to the wealth that is being created on the Waterfront why are we being excluded.  Why do we have to settle for second best why do we have services that are second rate.  We are entitled to share in the wealth that is being created not just sidelined some sort of freak show to be looked at by our new richer neighbours in their overpriced rubbish.

No my good readers you can demand more and with justification after all you have stayed loyal to the labour aristocracy, but they have sold you off and cheaply.

Friends and readers, you may well have noticed the building boom going on in Edinburgh just now with the seemingly endless extra traffic congestion this causes.  All very well you might say thats good for local employment is it not?  Why yes of course it is good for employment but it is not local as you will hear if you take a walk round the city.  If you should stop and listen what you will hear is all sorts of different vocal tones from over seas to other parts of Britain.

Still building booms create jobs and prosperity which is all to the greater common good. But as we at PiltonSucks.com and the residents of Royston/Wardieburn will tell you it seems to have passed them by.  The state of the existing stock of houses in that part of the Greater Pilton community is nothing short of disgraceful. Our local rulers should hang their heads in shame at allowing this appalling state of affairs to continue.

It of course does not get any better if you happen to live in Crewe Road Gardens, or any part of the Pennywell scheme. Now of course our rulers have a great excuse for not investing in the stock - the punters voted no in the stock transfer con - oops sorry ballot. The forgotten communities of Edinburgh are a sad reflection of local authority Labour contro l- control which they have had for over 20 years, 20 years of blaming somebody else for their mis-management of housing in the communities.

Today in Greater Pilton we have housing that can only be refered to as 21st century slums where people can wait weeks for a broken toilet to be fixed or replaced.  We at PiltonSucks.com as the residents must be, are perplexed at the inaction of our noble rulers, as private developers put up overpriced shoe boxes they have the cheek to call houses and then charge ridiculous prices for, the council stock continues to crumble and the residents suffering goes on, so much so they have become resigned to living in accomodation that in many cases should be declared unfit for human habitation.

Goodness me.  Is it a lost cause. Do we shout in vain is this all we have to look forward to.  Our noble rulers do not mind spending a small fortune on their campaign to try and con the people into supporting an ill thoughtout, fly by night scheme but might not that money have been better spent on the housing they are so desperate to get rid of.

We seriously doubt whether the ruling Labour aristocracy actually care what happens in the inner city housing schemes. They would rather concentrate on more important things like the New Year Street Party or the Festival.  All very nice we are sure but hardly relevant to the needs of the people who cannot access such city delights, but then again it is not for them it is for we are told tourism, and we are told it brings millions into the city - oh really so were does that money go, into the Bermuda Triangle of the city coffers, well from were we are sitting it certainly does not trickle down to the plebs in the run down schemes that is Labours shame.

So the next time friends and readers you hear a member of the Labour aristocracy telling you that this or that is worth millions to the city just ask them were does it go?  Who benifits? And how?  Because as you know fellow punters, certainly not in your direction        

 

Well readers and friends, it seems our good councillor Elizabeth Maginnis is advocating the development of a casino within the Waterfront Development, no doubt in Granton so she can continue to live the good life which her many interests allows her to do. Who voted for this person, surely the last thing we need is more gambling and its associated problems.

This is pure stupidity. We are told it could attract up to 30,000 visitors - SO WHAT!  What she should be pursuing is trying to bring in real sustainable employment to the Granton area not another organisation designed to fleece the punters of their money. It would be far more benificial if Ms Maginnis used her time more productivly- say in her role as Chair of the  very secretive Waterfront Board to secure some of the 9,000 jobs she herself told us there would be available for the local punters,

From the Evening News:

Speaking at yesterday’s full council meeting, Granton councillor Elizabeth Maginnis, said: “If this casino was sited in Granton then you could see up to 30,000 visitors coming to one of the most deprived parts of the city. This development would also bring benefits to the rest of the city.”

It is time that Ms. Maginnis seriously considered her position and real role in this community, possibly she should consider resigning as local councillor - you can almost feel the sigh of relief coming from the community.

PiltonSucks.com believes the casino proposal is a nonsense and does not even bear a second thought. We also feel that gambling and the casino groupies who frequent these places would certainly not enhance the community rather give it yet another blight in its makeup.  One of the ways to rub a community’s face in it is to create an even bigger divide between the haves and the have nots.

Friends and readers this ludicrous idea comes from, wait for it , A LABOUR COUNCILLOR the ordinary peoples party dedicated to lifting the scurge of poverty from our communitys. Doing a good job is she not?

Readers and Friends, take a moment from your hectic lives to close your eyes and allow yourself to dream, to dream of meandering down Waterfront Avenue looking at the pavements that glisten in the early evening almost like gold dust sprinkled in front of you, and as you continue your pleasant stroll you will pass Caroline House and along to yet another building site with the ridiculous name of upper strand.com

But fear not as reality bites in the shape of a sculptured bronzed couple going to the beach.  The lady with a child, the lad with the boat and the man, cloth cap in hand.  Look if you will at them in from a short distance you would swear that the man was looking up at the swanky new development, puzzled as to why he cannot and will never be allowed or encouraged to improve his families lot, and that his life span would be a lot shorter than the residents of swank towers.

Could it be that his life will be cut short by some illness which might have been avoided if he could have afforded the medicine or will his children be given the opportunity in education and employment he never had. Yes friends and readers thank goodness that kind of living is in the past.

But as you leave the soon to be leafy suburbs of Waterfront Avenue the dream is over and suddenly you wake to find yourself at home in a chair with the tv on and a news presenter informing the nation of crisis in the N.H.S.,  education failing our children and employment - oh yes at record levels - but as you know, not were you live.

Thank goodness I woke from that dream.  God only knows how we could have lived with conditions that those poor people remembered in sculpted bronze had to put up with.