Tomorrow is the deadline for objections and comments on the proposed Leith Biomass proposals. This is what I have sent in, and I urge others to do likewise! Proposed Biomass ‘Renewable Energy’ Plant at Leith Docks, Edinburgh Application by Forth…
Category: Local Democracy (page 2)
Green approach to the City’s budget
On 10th February, the City Council set its budget for the next three years. We also debated the awards of grants to third sector organisations for delivering services in local communities. The budget process has been something that Greens have…
£eith Decides: the city’s first participatory budgeting exercise
On Saturday 27th November, about 400 Leithers braved the beginnings of the snow and ice and turned out to participate in £eith Decides, an innovative approach to funding community projects. Twenty five projects, from Pulse of the Place (drumming for…
Care & Support tender process not meticulous or thorough!
The verdict is in. The process undertaken by the council to put care and support services out to tender should be halted. At last! This coming Thursday, a reconvened meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee will be discussing the…
Care and Support services still in limbo
Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, we still don’t seem to have any information about the next moves regarding the tendering of the care and support services. This nonsense has been rumbling on since the end of October last year, yet despite what’s…
Four school closures is LibDem/SNP Christmas present to the City
It is a very sad day today. The City Council, or more precisely, the LibDem/SNP Administration, is voting to close four primary schools: Burdiehouse, Drumbrae, Fort and Royston. The closures are all contextualised within the current ‘Financial Crisis’, as if…
Council updates
I am finally getting my blog up and running in a meaningful way. I hope to post information here about goings on in the City Chambers and Leith Walk Ward, as well as personal thoughts and ideas, local happenings, general…