Why can't there be a local referendum? Let's confirm that the majority of the community actually want the school built on the park. Well we already know it but lets make it offical. I asked the question to Andy Whiteman on his blog on the matter and his reply was:
It is high time we knew what the people of Portobello actually feel about this. If a referendum were organised and approval was given to building on the Park this would strengthen the case for a Private Parliamentary.
How would we even go about getting a local referendum setup? Does anyone know? Surely this has to be one of the better options unless someone can tell me otherwise.