The Leader and red tape rocks the city council

Jenny Hjul has a nice return to reality piece in today's Scotsman for Donald "The Leader" Anderson.

The story of Historic Scotland not allowing various concerts ahead this summer at the Castle is a disappointment to me and many other concert-goers, especially since Regular Music who are behind these concerts have done an amazing job in organisation for decades. It has been bubbling for the last few days.

The line which gave the city a collective howl of laughter was the line when Coonsillar Andursin said "It is completely unacceptable that this has happened for no good reason other than red tape."

Talk of the pot calling the kettle black here cannot be more underestimated. The Leader and his reich have ruled over Edinburgh with an iron fist for years, they have thrown red tape in the face of most of the citizens of the city for years.

As Ms. Hujl points out:

In the recent road-toll referendum, council red tape was the reason why thousands of voters could not vote. It was also the reason why thousands of illegal fly-posters were not removed. And it is usually the reason given when desperate motorists appeal to the council over some new parking-warden outrage.

Parking regulations in the capital "combat dangerous and inconsiderate parking", said a council official this week. But when a road is closed for "essential" works, such as mine is, and residents ask for parking restrictions to be lifted for the duration, such as I did, they are told there is far too much "red tape" to allow for discretions.

It is about time Anderson (who still believes that the city is clean because he has the Cleansing Department constantly cleaning the streets he regularly walks down) woke up smelled the coffee and started realising the amount of red tape us citizens have to put up with because his personal actions.
It is interesting that in the words of Historic Scotland, this red tape (as The Leader calls it) is:

"The main concern we had was over the lack of space on the Esplanade and worries about the health and safety of people queuing up for tickets.

Now, I'm not saying that these could not have been worked out between the Council, Regular Music and Historic Scotland, but for Anderson to call the health and safety of people red tape is a bloody cheek.

More info here:It's a high note as a touch of red tape rocks the city council
and here: Castle rock shows are off