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The news desk at Leith Sucks invites Ilene “The Puppet” Davidson’s manager at Chesser House to contact us and confirm that she has permission to sit on the Leith Centre Management Committee and when this was agreed.

Just read an interesting article in the Edinburgh Evening News (28^th June) to twin Leith with Rio. I was intrigued by Steve Cardownie’s comments” Leith Festival which is now established as one of Britain’s community festivals” Ingleston market was renowned as the biggest outdoor market in the world, now its a car boot sale. Maybe a number of years ago the Leith Festival could fall into a category to be proud of. Perhaps Cardownie has been drinking too much of the old amber nectar, and Sandy Campbell wants to fund his globe trotting adventures to Rio by screwing the money out of the good people of Leith.

Real Leithers need to stand up and be counted. Quangos popping up all over the area to regenerate this, that and the other. Who’s benefitting. Not the true Leithers that’s for sure. Forth Ports and the local agencies associated with them are the real enemies. Take the Museum campaign. Forth Ports could easily afford a start-up fund to make this dream a reality. Real Leithers could then take charge and bring the museum back into public ownership. However, that’s too easy. Its so easy, it should already have become a reality. No the reason it hasn’t happened is that public bodies/officials masquerading as lovers of Leith are not interested because there is nothing in it for them!. Sneaky Brown envelopes is what will make the Museum a reality. Long Live the Peoples Republic of Leith.