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06-01-10, 05:06 PM
edinburghnews.scotsman.com - Edinburgh Evening News - 06-Jan10
Clearing city's pavements 'not job of council' (http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Clearing-city39s-pavements-39not-job.5958710.jp)
By VICTORIA RAIMES and CHRIS MARSHALL
A SENIOR councillor has sparked fury by telling Edinburgh residents to stop moaning and clear their frozen pavements themselves.
Norman Work, SNP councillor for Almond and deputy health leader on the council, said it was "no time for laziness" and residents should "stop expecting other people to do the work" – unless they are "90 years old".
Read more (http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Clearing-city39s-pavements-39not-job.5958710.jp)
Clearing city's pavements 'not job of council' (http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Clearing-city39s-pavements-39not-job.5958710.jp)
By VICTORIA RAIMES and CHRIS MARSHALL
A SENIOR councillor has sparked fury by telling Edinburgh residents to stop moaning and clear their frozen pavements themselves.
Norman Work, SNP councillor for Almond and deputy health leader on the council, said it was "no time for laziness" and residents should "stop expecting other people to do the work" – unless they are "90 years old".
Read more (http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Clearing-city39s-pavements-39not-job.5958710.jp)