Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Phone the main Council number on 200 2000 and ask for City Network Services - North. If you give them enough notice they can arrange a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (they might charge you for it) to prohibit parking. That way, Parking Attendants can move any cars that are blocking the removal l...

I haven't missed the point at all and I haven’t lumped anyone together. I actually support the right to protest by legal means and was opposed the invasion of Iraq, but this isn't about either of those issues. It's about those people who came to this city simply to cause trouble, frightening ...

Then why didn't you say that all that in the first place - instead of berating anyone who showed support for the Police? You attempt to intellectually bully anyone with opposing views - even to the extent of picking up on typos. You act like some kind of thought police where opposing views must be r...

I was on Princes Street when it kicked off but had to return to my office when my lunch break ended. Not that I managed to do any work. As far as I can see, the people who took part yesterday fall into two main groups: - 1. Members or sympathisers of anarchist groups whose stated aim was to cause tr...

I came away with the overwhelming belief that (some of!) the police were being rather heavy handed, while the vast majority of protesters were just actiing like the costumes they were wearing. Does that translate as 'the vast majority of the Police were reasonable while (some of) the protestors wer...

The Police are just ordinary people like you and me. Their job is to make us all feel a little safer - or maybe you wouldn't call them if you were beaten up or burgled? The so-called protesters came here to fight - if it wasn't G8 it would be animal rights or football hooliganism. They deserve what ...

The BBCs 'alternative' pics seem to be ever-so-slightly more balanced than those previously posted. My office overlooks Waverley Bridge and I had a grandstand view of much of today's events. The Police deserve praise for the way they handled things. They didn't overreact in the face of severe provoc...

Can anyone recommend a roofer/slater?

Thanks

dccairns wrote:Surprised you've been slumming it on the High Street.

Sorry to disappoint - I was just passing.

I notice that Portobello's premier sandwich shop is looking for a new member of staff. The ad in the window says 'must have a cheery nature' or words to that effect. The current sales technique mustn't be working.

Back to the Council. The person responsible for the parking attendant contract is Willis Warden.

As promised, here's the report. For the sake of clarity, the EN was also told that the regime in respect of single parked cars would not change as a result of this report. Purpose of report 1. To recommend a strategy for addressing the problems caused city wide by double parked and poorly parked veh...

The 30cm rule already exists in the controlled parking zone and no-one has ever been booked under it. The new legislation will simply extend it throughout the city and make it effective 24 hours a day. If the rule was, say, 1 metre, then people could park far enough from the kerb to block a road (eg...

The local rag has, as usual, misrepresented the position entirely. The new legislation will only affect cars that are double parked. There will be no change in the rules affecting single parked cars. Despite the fact that no tickets will be issued to cars parked 31cm from the kerb, the News will alm...

Even better. Just park as selfishly as many of those who attended yesterday's coffee morning. Block pavements and park dengerously around junctions and everyone will know that you too are against the superstore. Or maybe PCATS were cleverly illustrating the likely effects of the extra traffic?

The capital outlay required to introduce congestion charging would quickly be repaid. How would you pay for free public transport?

I had drafted a long response to some recent posts, when the photographs of the demo were posted and a new thought struck me. Based on the facts and figures throughout this thread, it's obvious that the majority of people in Portobello oppose the superstore. I guess the next question is - how much d...

Thank you Carla for illustrating my point.

I respect every single point, but I don't agree with very many of them. The anti-campaign can be accused of hysteria - being morbidly and uncontrollably emotional. A quick scan of these pages shows that the campaign was unofficially launched before anyone knew a single hard fact about the planning a...