Received from Maureen Child:
Maureen Child
12:13 PM (3 hours ago)
to undisclosed recipients
Dear All
I apologise for the mistake in my last email about the date of the local Police Plan Engagement Event. It is, of course, on Wednesday 12 December in Portobello Town Hall, as the attached leaflet already said! On Wednesday (tomorrow) evening there IS a meeting in Portobello Town Hall at 7pm, but it is a consultation on a possible change in the catchment are of Portobello High School IF Castlebrae Community High School closes next summer.
Some email accounts will not have received this misinformation in any case as the Council's system has been hacked. As a direct result of phishing attempts, the Council emails (including mine) are getting bounce back messages advising that e-mails have been blocked by other Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Other ISPs have blacklisted the edinburgh.gov name. The root cause has been identified, but it will take some time before ISPs renew their confidence in the edinburgh.gov name. This affects hotmail in particular, but maybe other email accounts too. If anyone you know is complaining they haven't had an email response form me, this could well be why. All the more reason for you to share this information more widely (-;
Thank you for keeping me up to date with any ongoing problems with refuse collection. Please don't apologise for escalating any complaints to me. Every complaint is a gift - as they say - and the service will come right more quickly if you keep on complaining effectively.
The Council report on the future for Portobello High School and St John's Primary School is being finalised. It will be in the public domain this coming Thursday afternoon. You will be able to access it by clicking on
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cpol searching and finding the agenda and papers for the City of Edinburgh Council Meeting of 22 November. It updates progress on the 'twin track' approach that the Council is taking and makes recommendations on the way forward from there.
Best wishes
Maureen