Leith Sucks.net

Nice article on the Edinburgh Sucks web site under the heading Strategy, what strategy, quote “There is also notice that community centre’s will be managed differently which may confirm an earlier rumor that community centres will no longer be a resource for the community but they will turn into profit centres and be taken over by council arms-length company Edinburgh Leisure. One of our contacts, who are thought by the Rosendales to be an “insider”, tells us that Rosendale wants to push this through under the guise of making cuts but his real motive is to push all of the voluntary sector down and stop all their lobbying.  It would also take out the pesky volunteer management committees that Rosendale feels is stopping him and his missus taking full control of most of the city - The Rosendales don’t realise just how bad of a strategy this would be”.

Christine MacKay has already taken over the control of Leith Centre. The current committee do not even hold the lease on this property, Mackay withdrew it in March. She turns up at most committee meeting and dictates what she wants to happen. Leith Community Education Centre will be the first centre to buckle under the pressure. And what are the Councillors Gordon “The Slimeball” Munro and Rob “Go With The Flow” Munn doing about it, sweet FA 

I would like to be a fly on the wall in the Rosendale’s bedroom at night, can’t be a lot going on between the sheets, it will be all talk planning the following day’s strategy and destruction.

News just in that Stuart “The Haddie” Haddon has decided (or press ganged) to call it a day. Mr Haddon is the Neighbourhood Manager for North Edinburgh and is the line manager for Christine “Hard As Nails” MacKay.

Has he been put under pressure we ask? Or is the job just to hot to handle. Now Mackay will be directly responsible to her husband Mike “The Fraudster” Rosendale when “Haddie” leaves at Christmas. This puts a new meaning to the phrase IN THE FAMILY WAY

After the fiasco at the AGM regarding the constitution, the management committee are going against all ideology and co-opting additional members in the form of Louise “Loopy” Leach although there is no prerequisite to do so. Is the current committee proficient to run this centre, apparently not!

THE historic heart of Leith is to be transformed with more pedestrian friendly streets and new picnic benches following a major National Lottery award. The £1.9 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund will kick start a whole range of work (Evening News 7^th August). Who is kidding who here, this another one of Councillor Gordon “The Slime Ball’s” Munro’s schemes to score brownie points?

Firstly, to close part of the shore to traffic will put pressure on the already congested roads, currently being disrupted by the new tram system as it is. Secondly, let’s take the weather into consideration here. We are not convinced that the phrase “Sunny Leith” lives up to its reputation. Sitting outside in the rain thinking of sunnier climates is not our cup of tea.

Councillor Munro lives in cloud cuckoo land and should come down to reality.