The current state of Glasgow is a symbol of how public services in Scotland are at breaking point.
A number of the main streets in the city are filthy and the roads are scarred by potholes.
The homeless crisis never seems to improve and Glasgow feels like it is at breaking point.
Glasgow is about to host the Commonwealth Games again and yet key parts of the city are an eyesore.
Council tax keeps going up and services keep getting cut back, fuelling public discontent.
Our story today about the lavish bonuses at the council-owned SEC Ltd will only fuel the anger felt by locals.
The SEC is not funded by public money, but it is part of the council and should be subject to the same constraints.
For well-paid executives to be trousering huge bonuses at the same time as others struggle is a disgrace.
The council likes to point out that they do not set the salaries for SEC staff.
This is accurate but it is also a weak argument and makes the case for pulling the SEC in house.
Councils are struggling just now due to SNP Government under-funding and deserve sympathy.
But that sympathy is undermined by excessive bonuses of this sort.
It is also the wrong time to be introducing a severance scheme for councillors who lose office.
Every penny must be spent on local services and the staff who go above and beyond the call of duty.
Bonuses and hefty severance payments are the wrong priority.
With the summer holiday season in full swing thousands of Record readers will be dreaming of a sunshine break.
For those able to go abroad, the main worry will be which outfits to take and which beach bar to choose.
But all of us need to remember that there is no free health care for Scots travelling to our favourite overseas holiday hotspots.
That is why we would urge any readers planning a foreign summer holiday to read our story today about the death of Margaret Livingstone.
The fun-loving 69-year-old passed away with a heart attack during a family holiday in Turkey.
Compounding her family’s grief is the fact they have been hit with a medical bill for £15,000 and need to find another £2000 to bring Margaret’s body home.
They were not insured, so have been left drowning in debt as a result of the holiday disaster.
Margaret’s daughter Zara is warning holidaymakers to make sure they are properly insured before jetting off overseas.
It’s sound advice – but sadly for Zara and her family they have learned the lesson too late.
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