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Then the BBC screened The Great Tram Disaster. How deeply embarrassing for
Dear fellow local resident, I am privileged to have been asked to stand as your local independent candidate. People died for the right to vote yet local elections bring out in many of us a torpid state of abject boredom with underlying symptoms of resigned apathy. A periodic plethora of party politicians pressing the flesh, peppering us with their pamphlets and promising anything that they perceive may prove popular. Pretending things are perfect and blaming one (or all) of the other parties for anything that went slightly or even
and caring place to live, the nurturing and education of our young, the care of our elderly, facilities for re c re a t i o n and leisure, ready help for those in need and t he bi ns emptied.
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Theres even more hapless, incompetent bungling too.. Your money is being haemorrhaged by institutional ineptitude and petty party politics. I fail to understand what possible relevant role national party political intransigencies have to offer in running our Capital city you will see overleaf where no less than FIVE political parties and their 58 representatives have got us. We simply wish a clean, enjoyable, considerate, safe
catastrophically wrong.
All this for a few years of power during which a number forget that they were actually elected to represent the people of Edinburgh, to ensure the best value delivery of a variety of important services to our community and to have a quality of vision commensurate with the local, national and international standing and aspirations of our wonderful Capital City. As your elected Councillor, I promise to represent and serve the best interests of Southside/ Newington, to listen to your local concerns, to share a vision for this great City of ours and to be your voice in the Council. To do this, I need your help. Please take a look through this election newsletter and if it ticks the boxes for you then please put a 1 in my box on 3rd May. Thank you & kind regards
Rather than moan about it or stand for it, I am standing for election.
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The local elections have never been more important. Time for better services, less wasting of public money and less national scandals.
Gordon Murdie
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Dear Elector
I fail to understand what possible relevant role national party political intransigencies have to offer in running our Capital city
This page shines a light on where 5 political parties have left our City of Edinburgh as the elections on 3rd of May rapidly approach. You probably do not have the time and I certainly do not have the space to set down each and every piece of feckless bungling. Who, in their right mind, would vote along party lines to spend 4 million pounds of CouncilTaxpayers money for a study into something that they had no intention of seeing through? That biblical incompetence and chronic misguided party political driven wastefulness means that the entire population of Hallhead Road (where I grew up) will be paying their Council Tax for the next 60 years just to fund that particular piece of party political shenanigansthis is unacceptable.
Bottled water
Edinburgh City Council spent 174,050 on water from several different firms, blaming antiquated pipework in old buildings for the bill
I forecast that the Statutory Notice scandal will have a true cost to taxpayers, by the time things are even nearly resolved, of no less than 200 million. Thats Hallhead Road paying all its Council Tax for another 3,000 years just for the incompetent scandal. Dear former neighbours, dont think of movingthe whole of Edinburgh will be sharing that bill with you too. Let me skip gently past nursery school closures, Leith Waterworld, Blindcraft, the Trams fiasco, the Statutory Notices scandal, national embarrassment, 1.3m (and rising) spent collecting & transporting an average of 2 ounces (per house per day) of burnt toast from little bins, a bike shelter, 13 million pounds wasted when the ability to resolve a simple bin strike was not on tap, 20mph signs passing as an actual cycleway to rival Amsterdam, doubling the cost of disabled parking badges, published suggestions to make up for wasted money by impounding more cars!!!! Attempts to run a creaking and sub-standard care for the elderly service at a profit tooit really wasnt good enough.
Leisure wear
Last year Edinburgh Council sparked fury after spending a quarter of a million on new tracksuits, polo shirts and suits for staff at Edinburgh leisure centres.
Gordon is a detail orientated manager who watches the balance sheet like a hawk. He is also a very approachable, decent sort of bloke! What is party political about that?
Your four sitting Councillors, representing their National political parties, say
Scottish Green Party; Councillor Steve Burgess Independent; Yes, once basic needs are met we can lead happier lives. Anyway, back to
says election matters. There were three Green Party councillors during the last termI hope that they had a perfectly clear view of what was going on for all these years. If they didnt, they should have!
Five point well-being plan for a fuller life Greens demand a clearer view of all Council projects 2007; 1,920 votes
Independent; I agree that there was eyewatering waste. Enough polo shirts and track suits
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bought with Council Taxpayers money to keep FC Barcelona happy. It really isnt fair to blame another political partythe citizens rather hoped that the 58 Councillors were looking after them and not a party. Anyway, the Conservatives had a band of 13 Councillorsmore than plenty for an informed debate.
2 Lib Dem Councillors either voted against the proposed savings or did not support both tranches 2007; 2,516 votes
Independent; Would have been nice to have given the residents of Edinburgh a vote on this.
local paper first broke well before the BBC) TAXPAYERS have been left with a bill of more than 30 million as a result of the citys property repairs scandal the Evening News can reveal. A spokesman added that the 30m would be managed in the
Probably a little disappointed at the bankrupted businesses in Leith walk, shame that were only getting a third of the line for twice the price, everyones probably over-ordered trams at some social worker?, former Board Member of the disbanded point in their glittering career. Dont worry that we could have had a complete tram line on budget or paved the streets with gold for lessits OK. Great idea to look at bike hiremuch less to go TIE e hoic wrong. Are the Edinburgh residents even now paying for a 2m annual maintenance contract on My c 2007; 2,304 votes 3 the, for want of a better term, rolling stock?
GORDON MURDIE
Independent
The very approachable Gordon Murdie listened to our predicament, quickly got to the root of our problem and alleviated our concerns. With a mixture of expertise and humour he ensured that a very negative conflict situation was resolved with a positive outcome What is
Gordon did exactly what he said he would and got us out of a very bad place
Make things go your way on 3rd MayI will not let you down