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The fraudster Rosendale down to a T

After the announcement to close the crèche at Leith Victoria, the Council have dealt another blow to the good people of Leith with the closure of Leith Waterworld. The excellent fun venue will be sold off on the completion of the refurbishment of the Commonwealth Pool in 2011 at a cost of 37 million.

According to the BBC’s Reporting Scotland Programme, Leith Victoria will be one of six crèches earmarked to close. So much for the FibDem/SNP coalition, another blow to childcare in Edinburgh. Comments welcome.

As if the traffic chaos in Leith Walk is not bad enough with the new tram system, now parts of Constitution Street are about to be closed at the end of March for about 6 months.

Taken from the Edinburgh Evening News 6th February 2008

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/City-charities-face-870k-.3748091.jp

WHAT NEXT COMMUNITY CENTRES

Mackay acts the way she does, as she believes she is untouchable because she sleeps with Rosendale while Rosendale believes he is untouchable given that the full financial and legal might of the council can be marshalled to ensure the corruption he is evidently responsible for is not exposed to the elected members by the subordinate staff in his department.

A quote from our sister site Edinburgh Sucks “The other stuff that Rosendale has been coming out with will concern all Community Centre Management Committees. They are a thing of the past according to Rosendale. They are “A group of upstarts that have their own agenda.” So Management Committee members, when you are going out on a cold night to make sure that things are happening in your community when you have paid the community charge for, just remember what Rosendale, the Head of Community Learning and Development and former Head of Strategy for Children & Families is saying about you…… Upstarts! I wonder whether he will say that when the Council end up in court soon and he is called to the witness box?” Does the fraudster have a hidden agenda? For the full story visit www.edinburghsucks.com

Having lived in Leith for 50 years, I am extremely disappointed by what is happening in our local community. Praise is due to the team at Leith Sucks for highlighting the irregular and underhanded tactics, in particular the goings on in the community centre. Is the management committee on some sort of ego trip or perhaps drugs? The centre is there for the benefit of the community. How is the management committee elected? I have never seen any documentation relating to annual general meetings. Moreover, how can council employees decide what is best for the community when they do not know what the community wants.

I am most captivated by the frolics of the current chairperson (Ilene Davidson) and the so-called people who are part of the children and families department, and let us not forget the councillors representing the Leith ward.

I cannot understand why Ilene Davidson (according to articles on this site) is at the helm when she has no personal involvement in Leith whatsoever and a council employee to boot, maybe it will look good on her CV or is she sleeping with the powers that be in the council to get up the promotion ladder. Either way she should be removed from chair.

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