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Lawrence Marshall

E-mail from Lawrence Marshall to CEC TIE Committee members, 24 July 2009 From: LAWRENCE MARSHALL <lawrence336> To: Sent: Friday, 24 July, 2009 12:13:09 PM Subject: "Rail Station at Portobello" report - CEC TIE Committee, 28 July 2009 Dear Councillor, please find attached a copy of a report going to...

Lawrence Marshall

Report to the Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee of the City of Edinburgh Council, 28 July 2009 - "Rail Station at Portobello" *EDINBVRGH* THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL Rail Station at Portobello Item no 5.8 Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee 28 July 2009 Purpose o...

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Porty, thanks for the nice compliment! I had thought before the election to change my name to Aaron Aaranovitch - but that seemed a bit drastic! Maybe I should just drop the "M" from Marshall! I'm going to get on with my life and hopefully still try to make a contribution to life in Portobello and f...

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I'm not saying that my surname was the only factor in my not getting re-elected. Obviously the new proportional voting system was going to make things difficult. I lost half my ward due to the boundary changes required to introduce multi-member wards. Maureen and I split the new bigger Portobello/Cr...

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Just a reminder of the current campaign by the Capital Rail Action Group to re-open the Edinburgh South Suburban Railway to local passenger services. We are currently petitioning the Scottish Parliament on this issue and our online petition has to date attracted over 950 signatures - more than any o...

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... I've only briefly skimmed this thread but my own view would be that it's a bit premature to be thinking of dispersing the proceeds left in the PCATS kitty. BL Developments seem to be behaving excellently in terms of community consultation - though I've been advised not to meet with them just now...

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Bob, the superstore site I've thought about before but ruled out as an option because I didn't think Duddingston House Properties would play ball. Maybe BL Developments might take a different view? I think a 3/4 storey High School roughly triangular in form with a landmark aspect to the King's Road ...

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Stephen, you can't get more central in Portobello than the High Street! And. as I say, all future major development in Portobello will be west of the Figgate Burn unless we start knocking down Joppa and the town centre! The current school site is a few buildings set in a mass of tarmac and scrappy g...

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Dear All, Bob Jefferson kindly posted my e-mail of 23rd March to Andrew Holmes, Roy Jobson, Ewan Aiken and Ian Perry. Here's another letter which I've just e-mailed to them and which I hope explores further options for consideration ahead of the report to the Executive of the Council on morning of 2...

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Folk have been asking where the Q & A Members' Briefing 71 came from. It was produced by the Council's Corporate Communications section headed up by Isabell Reid - though I've no doubt that both the Department of Children & Families and the Department of City Development provided most of the input. ...

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Gemini, re. my not giving out much information, it was me what told folk about this in the first place! Because I was warned that the Council was in delicate negotiations with Lord Palmer re. a new golf couse site, I had to do so privately rather than publicly - but how else would the Park Avenue re...

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I welcome this new thread and the discussion this will allow regarding provision of a new Portobello High School. A new golf course would have been provided quite near by - the main reason Maureen and I were asked to keep the golf course option secret was the need to negotiate the acquisiton of the ...

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Anonymity encourages "gossip" and "tittle-tattle" precisely because such postings lack real-life accountability. I understand that people feel able more easily to post their comments when doing so "under cover" - but it's simply not open and transparent and is obviously against the codes of conduct ...

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Matthew, Bob Jefferson has kindly alerted me to your posting above. This perhaps illustrates that I don't have the time to be able to "surf" the website looking for stuff. I can do so only very occasionally given that, for instance, I've only been able to sit at my computer for just over an hour so ...

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Folk might be interested to read the report by the Director of Environmental and Consumer Services to the Council Executive of 9th August 2005 setting out the City of Edinburgh Council's firm opposition to the proposal to transfer oil ship-to-ship in the Forth. This formed the Council's response to ...

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Stephen,
I reckon I've got my point across - whether folk agree with me or not.
I've acknowledged the mistake of hurling abuse at those who hurl abuse.
I intend to stop digging!

Lawrence

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... here's a question: Why was "Trainspotting" largely filmed in Glasgow with the only sections filmed in Edinburgh - if my memory serves me right - being shot by the Black Bull pub in the Low Calton and in Princes Street? Answer: because the local community in Drylaw, Pilton and Muirhouse wouldn't ...

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Lawrence Marshall guilty of anti-yobbery, more like! I had intended to paste in here Ian Bell's offensive article of last Monday but "The Herald" forces you to pay for it - even for my own reply! "The Herald" is a far better newspaper overall than "The Scotsman" but not in this regard. Nor in its ch...

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I thought that this response to someone who was unable to vote in the referendum as his name wasn't on the edited register might be of interest. It's all very legally constrained this referendum business! Lawrence * * * * * Dear Mr TRANSPORT EDINBURGH REFERENDUM – COMPLAINT Your e-mail of 8 February...

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Porty, I bet Annie Lennox is glad about that! I've always thought it would be great for her - and possibly also Dave Stewart - to see Princes Street really congested at Hogmanay while singing out the Auld Year below the castle at the Ross Band Stand. I'd certainly buy a ticket. I've suggested this o...

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... you know, reading some of the postings above I get the feeling that these folk would probably even blame Jesus for getting himself crucified. Mr Spoon should at least appreciate that one! ... or, since it was St. Valentine's Day yesterday, perhaps it would be more appropriate to reflect: "better...

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... thanks, Bob - though the analogy I would choose isn't "turkeys voting for Christmas" but rather ostriches with their heads in the sand. Did you know that an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain! Right, off to get some sleep - I start work at 0500 tomorrow morning. Yes, you can get public trans...

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In response to Ali, we didn't receive any official advice as to the winnability of a referendum- but none of us thought it would be easy. Perhaps we thereby displayed a touching naivety in our belief that the citizens of Edinburgh would put the common good above personal self-interest. We'll see. If...

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Question 1: No. An election doesn't deliver a verdict on one specific policy. In that respect it's not "clear" with respect to that policy. There's also a danger that, if it does, the election itself has become a referendum rather than a verdict on the multiplicity of issues - sometimes conflicting ...

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I would say that a vote in an election indicates public support for the general direction of a party's policies. It indicates a balance in favour. What an election does not allow is a vote on any particular policy. That's why referenda are held - they give a much clearer view of public support or ot...

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It's rather sad when quoting a well-loved children's hymn and a line from one of John Donne's most famous poems results in the accusation of dealing in cliches. For the record, here's the full poem - it contains lots of references to global warming and congestion charging if you care to look! Lawren...

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Folk who talk about "barriers" round their property miss the point that for many people in this city the real barrier to getting about safely is the very amount of traffic that a congestion charge will hopefully reduce. Ask any older person living on the Portobello Road. You're only going to be char...

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Ah wouldnae pretend at a' to be a Holy Willie but ah was thinking when ah read this yesterday that maybe auld Rabbie had a fair point tae mak when he wrote: O ye wha are sae guid yersel' Sae pious and sae holy Ye've nought to do but mark and tell Your Neebors' faults and folly! By the way, ah didnae...

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Dear All, how we got to where we are now is not really the point - the point is whether a "Yes" vote or a "No" vote will be better for the future of our city and those who live, work and play in it. That's the real issue here and a serious matter upon which you have a civic responsibility to decide....

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Bob Jefferson has asked me to answer the legitimate query as to why we're holding a referendum on this matter in the first place. The main point to make is that because the congestion charge would be the first time in Scotland that the government (Scottish Parliament) had conceded the principle of a...

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Stephen, I meant to get back to you earlier - sorry for the delay. The CEC contribution, if whatever permutation - see my posting of 23rd December above - involves a new library, will consist of the Ã‚Â£400,000 already allocated for DDA compliance for the existing library (though some of that will h...

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The proposed sale of part of the Power League site has nothing to do with the Ã‚Â£98m funding gap regarding Tram Lines 1 and 2. There are four sites proposed for sale along the routes of the trams. It is hoped that these will now emerge from planning blight to find themselves of interest to develope...

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Brian, I suspect the two-thirds scenario was what it took to get Power League to agree to move. Still, I can ask the question - after Christmas! Needless to say, the details of any deal are left to our officials to negotiate since they're the experts. That's what they came back with and my primary c...

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Brian, I've already asked about considering selling the whole of the Power League site to see if that would let us keep both the library and the community centre where they currently are - although a total sale would seem to some to be pouring oil on the fire and in fact the Council only contemplate...

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... in response to Brian McCrow, I agree that we need to try to get a handle on how much it would cost to build a new community centre and, perhaps as part of the same development or perhaps separately, a new library. We then need to work out how to get that money. What I do know is that a new commu...

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