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PortyMan

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2 statutory consultations, 1 public consultation, a scrutinty panel. numberous deputations and then the meeting yesterday. The outcome? Total cross party support for building PHS on Portobello Park. Ros Sutherland is then quoted as saying "We are quite clear that this move is not the final decision...

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Just interested, that's all - you were the one rushing to trumpet the decisive nature of the survey... Normally I wouldn't be so picky. Well to be honest I disn't want to kick a man when he was down but you have bullied me into it. I have to assume that you opted for Option A and Mrs Portyman too. ...

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It would be hard for us to try and defend against an accusation against one sidedness, then, when one of the more vocal PPAG supporters removes every post they've made on the subject, wouldn't it? Of course it now looks much more one-sided than it did. It's also rather odd that a schoolboard member...

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Just interested, that's all - you were the one rushing to trumpet the decisive nature of the survey... Normally I wouldn't be so picky. Well to be honest I disn't want to kick a man when he was down but you have bullied me into it. I have to assume that you opted for Option A and Mrs Portyman too. ...

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.As for 'not answering', Porty... Can we ever expect to see the results of the PHS survey? As I have stated previoulsy the results of the survey (s) will be published as part of the consultation report (I assume in the manner of the Peebles document that Seanie posted a link to) and I expect they w...

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... so vocal in speaking out against new schools... That's exactly the kind of bias/slant/skew of which we speak. (That and the sad, 'low-life' type comments and the constant 'digs' - playground stuff). No one, as far as I'm aware, is 'speaking out against new schools'? A large number of people are...

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Without having seen the results of the questionnaire, how can parents be sure that the St Johns School Board's response reflects their views? Don't you feel that this information should be made available? I believe that there is a School Board meeting next Thursday. Perhaps they will have answers t...

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My, my, we are all sensitive sould aren't we? You might wish to observe that in the past week the posters have been: Porty, Marya, Bob, Soupdragon, Seanie, Bellybabe, Pal of Porty, Gilo, Dadist and Alison! If you are trying to say that the debate on POL is between a small number of indivduals, I agr...

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Hi all, glad to see you're all still slapping each other on the back! :roll: . Far be it from me to suggest a lack of any grasp on reality, but... You might wish to observe that in the past week the posters have been: Porty, Marya, Bob, Soupdragon, Seanie, Bellybabe, Pal of Porty, Gilo, Dadist and A...

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Easter Road homes plan given the green light http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1512622006 Bob Alert :!: :!: Plans to build houses on a bowling green!! Is nothing sacred? Where's next? (Though it's nice to see Ewan's getting to build houses somewhere! :lol: ) No real connection with the schoo...

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Just a few thoughts... 1) The 'bussing' issue gets a lot of press, but in the main, the children are bussed to Jack Kane ONCE a week (if at all). Swimming, badminton, basketball, etc all take place at Portobello. Football and Hockey take place at JK on an astroturf surface. No games are played on gr...

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The PHS consultation document says : 5.3 The High School could be located alongside two grass pitches should St John's not be relocated here, thus removing the need to bus pupils off-site to reach the full complement of pitches. Point for consideration: It is my understanding that:- when the Portob...

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Eventually got around to reading the FAQ and doing the Photobucket thing... So here's the picture of the boys concerned!

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Nothing further! Just trying to get this back on the first page

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From today's EN Letters Page: Don't let a minority hold back the future Ah! So that's the nub of the argument? The school should replace the park because I've got bay windows (and dare to look out of them!)? Well, why didn't you just say that before... Can't argue with that? Surely? (Maybe this exp...

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Hi... I had hoped someone 'official' would do this (and my apologies if they have done so and I missed it! :oops: ). .:0.: Just to say that Portobello High School senior football team (5th/6th years) 'did the double' of winning both the Lothian Schools League and Cup!! .:0.: Not sure if that was a f...

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The following may prove of interest to some... http://www.bullyonline.org/action/policy.htm which contains the following:- Bullying differs from harassment and discrimination in that the focus is rarely based on gender, race, or disability. The focus is often on competence, or rather the alleged lac...

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Stephen McIntyre wrote:
You may not think its important or you may think its boring, its actually fundamental.

Why is it fundamental? Besides, you're the one claiming to know what the actual shortfall will be (it not being 43-25 apparently) but refuse to share that information. (Or where you got it from).

PortyMan

Does anyone know? Is it 'Portobello' ward only, or do Duddingston, Bingham, Magdalene, Joppa, etc count? Only two days to go...

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"...considerably more than 120 people do so [ use the golf course ], almost every day of the year - the course only closes Xmas and New Year, weather closures excepted. " (The 120 being a reference to the membership of Portobello Golf Club). Substantially different from your twisted interpretation....

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Sorry for the delay, I've been otherwise occupied (and what a lot's gone on while I was! :roll: ) "I paid a premium to always have a park view" [/i]another falsehood from Portyman. "180 people use Portobello Golf Course on almost every day of the year" -another faslehood from Portyman I could go on....

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According to Ian Perry the golf course proposal will cost Â£43million, and there will be receipts from the existing site and houses on the golf course totalling Â£25million, so Â£18million "shortfall" still to be found. ?) Alison, how are you accounting for the sales of houses at Brunstane? Houses ...

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So. Are you just being childish? No, I am following the thread. Thanks for your informative response... You must be a great help with the kids homework!!... It may come as a surprise to you (I know, it must). But... some of us have lives outside of Porty.org and don't have the time or energy to plo...

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Bob Jefferson wrote: The moderators have been accused by some of being biased against those who oppose the Council's proposal.

Is that Bob '96 point' Jefferson? (A font size not available to mere punters!)

PortyMan

Alison's point is very valid and worthy of more consideration than you seemed prepared to stomach. If the funding gap can be bridged by the council (by whatever means) then that money could be used to fund the PPP proposals (or something close-to) without the need to develop anything on the park. I...

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Just got sent a link to this site : http://www.portygreenkeepers.org.uk/ Looks like one wing of the antis/golfers have finally got a website! I wonder if the different Golf Course Saving campaigns will send delegations to the others' meetings - like Musselburgh, Portobello etc the same as they do f...

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That's a good question Stephen. So, does that mean that the development on the park is a dead (chinese?) duck? After all, no money, no school? Its obviously too good a question for you to answer. :wink: Any idea? Not 'too good' for me to answer. Just too difficult for you, apparently? Remember, I'm...

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From today's (17th) EN:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index ... =581172006

Maybe this explains the council's enthusiasm for developing Portobello Park?

PortyMan

So if they can find the Â£18million shortfall for the new proposal, why can't they find the money to carry out the work proposed in the feasibility study for the PPP2 submission? It wasn't the plan itself that failed - it was the prioritisation of PHS for the money available through the PPP2 :?: :?...

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Bob Jefferson wrote:Do a little, change a lot - join your Community Council.

You need to be over 18, living in the area and on the electoral roll.

What, exactly (or even, roughly), is 'the area'?

PortyMan

If you check back earlier in the thread... ... The minimum requirement for playing fields would add 0.5Ha/1.2acres and 6 Ha/14.8 acres to those figures although again shared facilities along with specialist recreational provision could reduce that significantly. Thanks for that Seanie... I would 'c...

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Bellybabe, you are missing the point. Portyman's kid won't have to walk any further. You're all missing (or avoiding) the point. My main posting related to Seanie's 'recommended' sizes. (This often happens, someone asks a question and make a passing point. The question is ignored (terrible, that) a...

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Is the existing PHS site 7 1/2 acres, or is it the combined PHS & St John's site which is 7 1/2 in total? How many acres is the St John's site? I looked further into this. My understanding is that the current PHS is 2.9Ha/7.2 acres (83% of the minimum recommended). St. John is around 0.71 Ha/ 1.75 ...

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Stephen McIntyre wrote: Portyman>Profile>Find all posts by Portyman

I tried that for you (both of you) and my computer melted

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