Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Bazza

You can reliably get in to town in 20 minutes by bike

Bazza

But these design changes to my mind are tackling the wrong problems, welcome though they are. The section through the car park at the foot of bath street can be dangerous, and cars can also block the cycle path at the north end. The section past the school on Leith Links is very narrow, and has very...

Bazza

@twellys: the council didn't just decide not to use that single-track path behind the railway track. It's on railway land, and is not available for the council to use. I was sceptical about the widened pavement they put in instead, but it works really well.

Bazza

It's the Spokes/Coonsil Bike Breakfast next Wednesday (June 19th)! If you want a (mostly) road-free ride in from Porty, then meet at the corner of Brighton Place/High St at 7am, leave 7:15am. That should give us time for breakfast before work

Bazza

BUMP. Meet at the Baths on the Prom at 1pm this Sunday

(or just make your own way to the Meadows for 3pm)

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The setts are horrific on a bike, especially when it's wet. They're uneven and slippery, and cars totally race down Brighton Place. I do like the setts, but there really should be a separate path for bikes on Brighton Place.

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The date has changed! It's now on Sunday the 19th. But we've now got a traffic free route from the Meadows to Holyrood

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There will be a Pedal On Parliament protest on May the 18th 19th calling for decent, safe cycle paths. There'll be a ride in from Porty. More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/447672315300588

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I like drinks! I like Christmas! Count me in

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Paul Lambie - "organiser" of the Big Beach Busk

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I normally hate military displays, but watching the jets go over really is stunning. And no, nothing in the flat has wobbled even slightly.

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Epykat wrote:We have a new pet shop - hooray!

Where?

Bazza

The directory doesn't seem to work on iOS mobile devices... I had a look for local businesses and failed. The desktop version on the same device worked fine.

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rosa wrote:Go for it Bazza! Do you look like Gareth Malone?

If you're getting in to community singing in order to meet men, you're going to be disappointed!!

I was at the Muckle Sing out in Linlithgow this year, and there must've been about 80 people there. Four of us were male...

Bazza

I currently sing with Sangstream up in Boroughmuir. I'd be interested in a community choir here though (as long as it doesn't meet on a Thursday!) I've had some limited experience in leading a group of singers.

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No schools operated during the war in Hastings. With little or no schooling, Dennis often accompanied his father to work, which was usually to remove all the metalwork associated with 'phones on poles along the road between Winchelsea and Rye as this was interfering with radar along this stretch. T...

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Bazza

And there's a Facebook event now too: https://www.facebook.com/events/314588008629586/

Bazza

It's the annual Edinburgh Council Bike Breakfast on Wednesday the 20th of June. I've invited our councillors along for a ride into town. Maureen Child replied to say she would meet us up there, and the other two didn't reply. Anyways if any of you want to join me, I'll be taking the scenic route thr...

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I guess the main thng with STV is that you get ONE vote (the "single" in STV). And the question that you then get asked isL "Who do you want to win. OK, if you can't have them, who do you want? And if you can't have THEM, who do you want" etc etc. The one spanner in the works is the quota thing, whe...

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so if I dont pick the first past the the post winner as MY first choice, then none of my second and third and fourth preferences make a blind bit of difference? That means I should gamble on who will be first, put them first even if I dont want them, and then do my ranking of thos I do want.... you...

Bazza

so if I dont pick the first past the the post winner as MY first choice, then none of my second and third and fourth preferences make a blind bit of difference? That means I should gamble on who will be first, put them first even if I dont want them, and then do my ranking of thos I do want.... you...

Bazza

hmm thanks Bazza, I think! tell me, at the first time a candidate gets knocked out, does the system average EVEYONES second choice, or as seems to be the case from my reading of your words and the voting figures, just those whose first vote was for MC? And later on, whilst at stage 6 or so, whose 6...

Bazza

Here's the full data: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/7405/ward_17-portobello_craigmillar-election_results At stage 7, David Walker beat Peter McColl by 227 votes. At that stage, 981 votes had been dropped because people didn't have a preference. any chance of an explanation of ho...

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In a nut shell - thanks to Maureen's popularity and the way the STV works we've ended up with two decent folk and a crook? I don't Think it's the way STV works, but the way people voted. There were some 900 voters who expressed no preference between Peter McColl and Walker. Having said that, Walker...

Bazza

Here's the full data:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/do ... on_results

At stage 7, David Walker beat Peter McColl by 227 votes. At that stage, 981 votes had been dropped because people didn't have a preference.

Bazza

And a proper public briefing on how to use your preferences in a preventive manner. Indeed. I suspect if some of those so opposed to David Walker had used their preferences to select other candidates with their lower votes, he wouldn't've won. But they haven't posted the full results yet. http://ww...

Bazza

And it's worth remembering, we are going to elect three councillors, and, if you want, you can have a say on all three. If you only list one Labour councillor on your form, you are choosing to have no say on the other two councillors.

Bazza

Well yea, it is personal at the very local level and thank god we have Maureen. However, when you get them all collected up and then the council is led by the majority or a coalition, then it inevitably becomes party. If I want the council to be led in line with the policies and politics I subscrib...

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seanie wrote:Is it not just 3 votes this time?

No, you get to number all candidates in order.

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/do ... ing_system

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If I'm right, if you dont like a candidate you shouldn't put a number next to them at all as if you put even a 6 or 7 that could be counted , eventually, as a vote for them. You don't have to number ALL the candidates, only those you like, then rate those ones in order of preference. But you DO wan...

Bazza

With regard to only using one of your votes, do you *really* have no preference between the other candidates? And if you don't want David Walker, surely you should put all the other candidates higher in the list than him.

Bazza

Well, that went very well! What are you hoping to see from all this? I'd love to see separate cycle paths along London Road, so that you could get from Porty to Edinburgh without being alongside cars. The same could be done to other major routes like Leith Walk,the Costorphine Road, Clerk Street etc...

Bazza

Actually, we should probably meet at 1pm for leaving at half one...

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