New Portobello High School - PPAG Judicial Review

[Pal of Porty]

I see it is not just the Portobello Bar that is rife with rumours of an imminent decision on the the school - Maureen's latest report indicates that we can expect a decision quite soon. See you in Strasbourg!

[gillian]

Once had the best french onion soup ever in Strasbourg, but I'm prepared to forgo repeating the experience for a positive school outcome.

[seashell]

Definitely.

Who's up for a trip to Strasbourg then?

Or do we reckon it might be London first?

[wangi]

admin: Guys, all that nonsense has been split off to

[gillian]

Don't think I will make it but go to the Hotel de Ville turn right then left then right again and just down a wee snicket and you will get to the restaurant. Mind you it's 30 years since I was there it may have changed.

[seanie]

[Snow White]

Diana Cairns was overheard informing people it was her 'own private stall'. I guess the clues were there in her helpers! Thank goodness I didn't purchase.

[seanie]

PPAG banner? Leaflets? Posters?

[Bob Jefferson]

I didn't get too close but I was under the impression that they were there representing PEDAL. I thought it was established last year that POD would not allow PPAG to have a stall?

[Makaveli]

I hope they haven't been gathering funds under false pretences.

[Pal of Porty]

[seashell]

Seconded.
Of course, the indications are that PPAG are going to draw this out until the crack of doom.

[seanie]

...and then it was gone...

[seashell]

Now you see it: now you don't.
How amazing. What sleight of hand.
A bit like their facebook page, with valid posts that get deleted all the time and the posters banned.

[Scoop]

Amazing. But not exclusive to PPAG.

[Bob Jefferson]

I think we have had to bar 2, maybe 3 people from the pro-school page. Compared with...

[Betty Windsor]

I hear Lashylass Lass has been barred from this site. Pot , kettle, black.

[Bob Jefferson]

I'm quite sure she deserved it.

[wangi]

[Betty Windsor]

Transparency on an anonymous site, are you serious? Does this mean you plan to block all similar accounts where you cannot identify the poster, or are you confining it to the people you happen to disagree with?

[wangi]

Single purpose accounts (i.e. the email addresses associated with them) have always had extra scrutiny. Just because the user is anonymous on this forum it doesn't mean they are unknown. The site admin (me) knows their email, IP etc... If Lashylass had posted anything of substance the approach would have been different. But it was just all mud slinging.

Anyway, end of discussion - it's off topic.

[seashell]

To get back on topic - any word on when the decision on the appeal will be handed down?

[Betty Windsor]

Our esteemed councillor Child is the woman in the know, and if she is to be believed (she is isn't she?) it was out last week. Don't know how I missed it.

[wangi]

[wangi]

[Pal of Porty]

Seems there are an awful lot of people thinking that a decision is imminent!

[wangi]

[Porty]

Good spot Wangi!!

"(No appearance of Counsel necessary)"- means that nothing physical will happen at the court. the judgment will be uploaded to the SC website some time between now and midnight on Wednesday. The combatants counsel may get the nod (or shake) a little bit in advance.

[wangi]

I had it on a watch, but Neil Cox beat me to it!

[Pal of Porty]

At last!

[Sceptic]

Next stop, Strasbourg?

[Kit]

[Kit]

[wangi]

Hi Kit, I produced the map / poster, not Seanie. Nowhere on the poster does it mention Portobello, so I'm not sure where you got the idea idea it's misrepresenting facts. What it does have is a graphical representation of all parks within the Portobello High School catchment area, along with their sizes:



Portobello is just the name of the school - the catchment area is much larger and those areas (and their children) are as important in this decision as Portobello. Please don't just dismiss them because they do not live in Portobello.

The following was released at pretty much the same time as the poster:



I'd say that's pretty transparent. Certainly much more transparent than any similar claim made by PPAG.

[regent]

When I saw the above I thought to myself, what reason reason could anyone who has watched or taken part, on either side of the high school issue possibly want to hash over all that again? Then it hit me. With only a few more posts there will be 2000 posts for this thread. Surely that is it! Because everything else has been said with regards to the reasons for/against!