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"Lord Provost’s car parked illegally"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Ha. Taxi driver complains about anyone illegally parking.
Posted 12 years ago # -
The chauffeur-driven BMW with the distinctive S0 number plate
Ah that's who that car belongs to. I saw it parked on the pavement at the Royal Infirmary once.
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I like this bit:
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An irate passer-by said: ”It’s ridiculous – I was parked there the other day and the police pounced on me. It’s one rule for the public and another for the provost.”
"Sooo unfair.
Anyway interesting (and totally unsurprising) that Donald isn't being driven about in a Prius yet.
He seems to have set his sights a bit higher:
"Councillor Wilson was test driving several models earlier this year, including a £98,000 Lexus LS600h luxury hybrid which has a five-litre V8 engine and two electric motors."
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He said at the time: “There’s no higher profile than that of being Lord Provost, the First Citizen, of Scotland’s capital city and choosing a hybrid car will encourage this technology across Edinburgh.”
An Edintopia full of hybrid cars parked illegally is still an Edinbtopia full of cars parked illegally. How they are powered is imaterial. I'd say the Provost is out of touch with reality. Sadly he's all too in touch with reality.
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I think his grip on reality is sketchier than roadie tyres on ice if he believes that people will see his £98,000 car and think "must get one of those coz the provost drives one and he has a really cool number plate". Even if he's planning to emblazon it with eco-messages like the maroon-and-gold buses.
Sadly the message it sends out is more 'ego' than 'eco'...
Posted 12 years ago # -
ISTR one council 'leader' dumped the limo and opted to use the city taxis instead, but in return expected the city taxi trade to deliver to a standard, of punctuality, and presentation which would not embarrass the city when the leader arrived in a taxi, or needed to transport invited the city guests.
Now that WOULD be something. Maybe I should stand for Glasgow Cooncil again.
I did see something similar when Bill McAlpine was running the family firm (Concrete Bob the Builder), he didn't have a company limo, but had a network of executive hire operators and paid only for the time used to pick him up and drop him off at rail stations and airports. Now that would be a clear lead for the city.
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