I have noticed in the Evening News that our city fathers are now planning to spend £10,000 pounds on sending a delegation to the US to greet Edinburgh's entry in the round the world yacht race.
How can they justify this at this time when the council is cash strapped and is cutting services? The usual excuse with this type of junket is that it will bring in money to the city by advertising the city to the wider world, usually the figure of £12 million pound is mentioned. This figure is never broken down into where it comes from. If this type of money comes in it certainly does not bring down our council tax. Councillors should remember that we are their employers. Any further spending cuts that are proposed to be made on services should be protested against at the city council buidlings. Edinburgh citizens should be more active in their displeasure.
For more information on this see Edinburgh Evening News Article
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