Trams v Gravy Trains
Regular readers should get hold of the Sunday Herald today - because it lifts the lid on the scandlous waste of public money - commonly known as the Edinburgh trams fiasco.
Not only has £500 million of public money been wasted - it turns out that the a project was really just one big 'gravy train' - for highly paid officials and consultants.
Apparently some consultants received fees of more than £1,000 a day - for their experience and expertise.
So the 'arms-length company established by Edinburgh City Council to run the project (TIE) -has spent at least £24m on consultants - in total - to advise on aspects of the scheme.
Now that must leave a bad taste in the mouths of council workers in Edinburgh - and elsewhere - who are still fighting for equal pay.
Roll on the public inquiry into this mess.
Because as usual no one is prepared to accept responsibility for what has happened - the officials and councillors involved are all still in their jobs.
And you can be sure that all of the hightly paid consultants will have banked their handsome cheques - long ago.
Not only has £500 million of public money been wasted - it turns out that the a project was really just one big 'gravy train' - for highly paid officials and consultants.
Apparently some consultants received fees of more than £1,000 a day - for their experience and expertise.
So the 'arms-length company established by Edinburgh City Council to run the project (TIE) -has spent at least £24m on consultants - in total - to advise on aspects of the scheme.
Now that must leave a bad taste in the mouths of council workers in Edinburgh - and elsewhere - who are still fighting for equal pay.
Roll on the public inquiry into this mess.
Because as usual no one is prepared to accept responsibility for what has happened - the officials and councillors involved are all still in their jobs.
And you can be sure that all of the hightly paid consultants will have banked their handsome cheques - long ago.
