Steve Cardownie: My part in cancelled council trip to US and Canada
This was in response to increasing concern about the company’s performance. All travel and expenses were to be met by the company, which raised questions around the propriety of such an invitation.
It would appear that due to adverse publicity, the invitation is no longer on the table and the visit will no longer take place. This is likely to induce a huge sigh of relief from councillors with political “savvy” who could foresee the potential conflict-of-interest charges that may have arisen in the minds of the Edinburgh public.
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Hide AdThe two councillors earmarked for the trip are well known to me and I have no doubt that they would have continued to objectively carry out their remit but the general public (who do not know them) might be suspicious about their ability to maintain that objectivity on their return. So it would seem that all’s well that ends well.