tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post8873275640871887478..comments2023-11-05T12:04:50.649+00:00Comments on COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG: Spot the difference?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-62883486862871685902009-09-10T12:51:02.313+01:002009-09-10T12:51:02.313+01:00Ok, lets abandon trams and spend all the money on ...Ok, lets abandon trams and spend all the money on a giant umbrella for the city. <br /><br />Or, why don't we stop moaning, crack on with the project, and end up with a tram system that loads of people will use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-86011835357441687612009-09-10T10:59:34.763+01:002009-09-10T10:59:34.763+01:00OK - thanks ... looks like we'll just have to ...OK - thanks ... looks like we'll just have to 'agree to disagree'!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-85672962942826579612009-09-10T10:57:37.977+01:002009-09-10T10:57:37.977+01:00As someone from outwith Edinburgh, it's the on...As someone from outwith Edinburgh, it's the only large scale spending project I'm aware of.<br /><br />"The ending of specific funding for flood prevention work, back in 2007, is definitely an illustration of why all Local Government finance 'ring-fencing' wasn't necessarily bad :-("<br /><br />Sounds, to me at least, as though you're blaming the end of the ring fencing. <br /><br />It's up to the City of Edinburgh Council to find the cash if it wants such a scheme.Grogipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781013801121569150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-84257973922414240772009-09-10T10:53:17.793+01:002009-09-10T10:53:17.793+01:00Grogipher
Aaahh the old trams 'blame them for...Grogipher<br /><br />Aaahh the old trams 'blame them for everything' line :-(<br /><br />--- come on, you know as well as I do that they were funded from an entirely different budget head that had already been allocated pre-2007 to the City of Edinburgh Council.<br /><br />I'm not 'blaming' the removal (per se) of ring-fencing for the problem ... I'm simply pointing out that it has led to serious problems in relation to previous commitments about which schemes were to be funded, as some of them are now not being so :-(<br /><br />Anyhow, thanks for the further comment and for checking out the blog ...<br /><br />AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-83550188826726335482009-09-10T10:43:54.670+01:002009-09-10T10:43:54.670+01:00But the end of ring fencing didn't mean the re...But the end of ring fencing didn't mean the removal of monies; it meant the removal of restrictions on the spending of those monies.<br /><br />If Edinburgh City Council are determined to waste their cash on things like Trams instead of flood defences, that's their choice. <br /><br />I would probably agree that more needs to be done to prevent flooding nationally, but I wouldn't blame the removal of ringfencing for it...Grogipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781013801121569150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-23030974856679340782009-09-10T10:39:09.754+01:002009-09-10T10:39:09.754+01:00Grogipher
Thanks for the comment - you're rig...Grogipher<br /><br />Thanks for the comment - you're right about the scale of the flooding, and I'm not comparing that ... was merely trying to make a point about the serious problems (as I and many others in Edinburgh see it) with the way that flood protection monies are now being allocated.<br /><br />AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-7018792156029443252009-09-10T10:21:01.412+01:002009-09-10T10:21:01.412+01:00You can't possibly compare the flooding in Mor...You can't possibly compare the flooding in Moray to the problems in Edinburgh, they are of an entirely different scale.Grogipherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781013801121569150noreply@blogger.com