Loss of green space in Portobello
We call upon the City of Edinburgh Council to consider and evaluate a full range of options and alternatives, cost comparisons and funding options for the re-provisioning of Portobello High School and... continue reading »
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"I don't know what im doing."
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"I am most disappointed at the Council's actions so far, particularly in failing to give adequate consideration to the various brownfield sites in the area on which the school could be built. As Joni Mitchell sang in "Big Yellow Taxi" - "you don't know wha"
"If the same rational were to be applied whenever a School needed to be rebuilt we would very quickly have no open spaces left in our towns and cities."
"There are other options. Cost should not be the driving force. The 'environment' is priceless."
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"I was first introduced to golf on the course at Portobello, and flew my first kite there. I now regularily play golf as a form of excercise and have introduced my children to it too."
"This was a piece of land gifted to the people of Portobello so let the people decide and not the money grabbing councilors"
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"removing GREEN IS MEAN!!"
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"Rebuild on the sites of existing schools and save the green space"
"If we expect future generations to fund new schools without selling the golf course, then we should be able to do so ourselves."
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"we need all our green spaces or life will be too miserable"
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"The golf course needs to remain within safe walking distance for all children in Portobello who use it"
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