Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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Its the tear stained little faces of the shoeless, torn clothed, little urchins from porty kids first i'm dreading....

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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/letters.cfm?id=1481232006 "Let green space take school's place" Fifth letter down..... What a fgantastic idea. Would be a nice way to thank the community who have had to put up with the horrible tower block in their area all these years. A new St Johns Primary in a...

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Alison, for what it is worth.... there is a saying something along the lines of dont let persons of questionable parentage grind you down. i think it may apply here. As a st johns parent, it has never crossed my mind that the board has some ulterior dark and sinister motive and judging by other pare...

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For what it is worth, this sort of rubbish does nothing for the topic, or indeed POL. why dont you guys just A) grow up? B)pm insults to each other? Bob... I remain entirely unconvinced as to the merits of building on public green space. I remain entirely unconvinced with the idea that green space i...

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"I am beginning to think that PHS on Portobello Park and St Johns re-built onsite might be just as good if not better." Nail...Head...Hit... The idea of co locating PHS and St Johns has never been a popular one, certainly not with the parents I converse with. A bit like the idea of housing on the go...

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All I can say is that it was a very positive meeting. The council presented the options and committed to a new st johns, either along side PHS or stand alone. The board rep spoke positively for the school getting renewed, saying they were not plumping for any option at present cause they are still s...

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I have no idea about that. All I do know is that last nights consultation was very positive, from the school board to the council, to the parents. The Council would have to be dumb to have taken any thing other than positives from last night..... You are to wrapped up and involved in the petty polit...

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On the evidence of Councillor Childs March News Letter which you have so kindly dug up, I am very, very sorry for mis representing her and I promise not to do it again.....

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"The board is in the grip one or two indivuduals who have something other than the best educational interests at heart. " There you go again. What axe have you got to grind? I am not privvy to the petty politics of school boards and community councils etc....thank god. I can assure you that the boar...

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I am not playing games and I have no particular axe to grind with Councillor Childs. Indeed if I have mis represented her position then I offer my apology. It is my view though, and that of many others, that our local councillors have little to be proud of in this whole messy affair. Obviously, you ...

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Porty, time will ultimately tell, but no, i do not believe that there is the remotest chance that St Johns will lose out. We are in the middle of a consultation exercise which still has time to run. St Johns School Board are still actively seeking the views of parents, and i see nothing untoward in ...

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Porty, your views on St johns School Board are less than helpful. The chances of St Johns losing out altogether are zero, certainly if what the council are saying is true...talk about scare mongering....

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no, not jesting. it is looking very much likely that the school will end up on the portobello park, not the golf course, and that housing on the golf course will not pay for the school. so the golf course will probably remain. at least that is my reading of it. i guess we will still have to wait for...

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In all fairness Porty, the PFANS website is also still actively perpetuating the myth of the third of the park for housing idea. It is very refreshing to hear Councillor Burns state in public that the council has been listening to the people of the community and that it is definately not the intenti...

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I cant quite get my head around the seeming, sudden hope that the Exec is coming up with the cash. I used to float the very idea and was, frankly, pretty much classed as being insane. Whats changed? If they dont come up with the cash, the council has said it will release land for building on. Will t...

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Time will tell Porty, time will tell.
Where do you think the funding will come from?

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I think the key to this whole issue is still the funding question, (you know the one nobody mentions any more)....our resident expert seanie has always been totally up front about the fact that to get new schools any time soon means moving the golf course and turning the existing site over to housin...

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David Simpson, Depute Head at Firrhill High School Its in that link in your post.... All I'm trying to say is that a decant need not be the nightmare some are trying to paint it as. A challenge certainly, but as David Simpson himself admits, and as is the case with most challenging situations, life ...

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"And yet life went on successfully - pupils and staff really pulled together, the building contractors were outstanding and a major project was completed in less than a year with early access to the new buildings. The building and grounds are now excellent. " The above is a quote from the real life ...

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What utter rubbish from Stephen McIntyre. There is no small print on the PPAG petition. It clearly states, and I quote the text of the petition.... "To: Residents, parents and users of Portobello Park We call upon the City of Edinburgh Council to consider and evaluate a full range of options and alt...

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Porty asked "Would you be happy to have say the English, and Maths departments or maybe Science and CDT, located on Portobello Park and leave more room for sports facilities on the existing site?" I would suggest that all the Academic subjects be taught under one roof, on the same site. Sporting fac...

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i love the language ....... "Portokabin ghetto..." ....compulary cold showers and floggings every morning too no doubt.... "You can't separate decisions and outcomes in this" this is precisely what the council is doing....separating where to site the school's from how to fund them.....or does it not...

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i would suggest a three, maybe four at most, storey building.

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i want the schools to be rebuilt on the current site....sports facilities provided on the portobello park. Re the options when the council actually come to develop Portobello Park and golf course, i for one would prefer the schools on the golf course. Having them crammed in next to Milton Road, one ...

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here's a thought. there is much talk from PFANS and its lobbyists about the lack of sporting facilities available to the children at PHS and St Johns. This has always puzzled me. The Current Portobello Park is around the corner from the schools. It has the football pitches and grass areas required t...

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"give a little green" .....

.....and a little fairway and a little rough.....

.......ach......lets just say all nine holes.........

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http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1391012006

Looks like the cooncil is rolling over to get its tummy tickled on this now.
I think its a pity they wont at least lend some support to the likes of Fife and East Lothian Council.

bbbrown

I've heard it said that PHS is relocating within the area. What nonsense!!.....where's the site and where's the planning permission?

bbbrown

Here are some flat and featureless "recreational areas" (is park not the right word any more?) The Meadows, Pilrig Park, Leith Links, Cavalry Park, Inverleith Park, I wonder if any of these have had the honour of Bobs presence? Does being flat and featureless really mean that recreational area is of...

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Has the Powerleague site been saved Porty? This is good news. I thought it had been earmarked for housing. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=313042006 It is heartening to note the new found anticipation that the Scottish Executive is going to bankroll the new schools. This is quite a...

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Stephen, In my opinion you speak very well for PFANS. At least when you concentrate on the issue of schools your points have some merit. I find the constant sniping at PPAGS very negative though, and it just serves to polarise the community rather than being constructive. And you dont, in my opinion...

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Dave, No criticism meant at all. The whole point I was trying to make is simply that, in my opinion, (are opinions still allowed on this site?...its confusing the way posts mysteriously disappear without trace from day to day under the censors knife), PFANS looks like a council mouthpiece, while the...

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This, in my view, is just getting very silly..... Negative Campaigning at its finest, from Stephen McIntyre, Bob, and the rest of the PFANS lobby. As far as i can see Portobello Park Action Group is asking that Figgate Park be part of the consultation process, not demanding St Johns goes there, as P...

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hats of to the cooncil/pfans steam roller. they are playing a blinder at the moment. simultaneously sticking the boot into PPAG in the local rag and commending the council for there excellent work on the web sites. the orchestration is at least worthy of merit.....now if they can just get the Â£50 m...

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who is winning the green arguement?
i know one thing....it aint the the Park.....

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