tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post7798900403462082360..comments2023-11-05T12:04:50.649+00:00Comments on COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG: Brick-for-Brick?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-69455747794848667592008-12-11T21:20:00.000+00:002008-12-11T21:20:00.000+00:00RobertThanks for taking the time to comment.I too ...Robert<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to comment.<BR/><BR/>I too remember that meeting in late 2006, and I do absolutely take your point about the value of open green space to the wider public.<BR/><BR/>But, I did agree with the December 2006 recommendation to go ahead with the proposals for the new school - and I still believe it is the right thing to do.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't a black-and-white decision then (very few ever are!) and competing public needs had to be considered ... and still do obviously.<BR/><BR/>I know we probably won't agree on this topic - all I would ask is that you at least accept that I thought long-and-hard about the issues before coming to a decision.<BR/><BR/>AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-13691927715271717802008-12-11T21:01:00.000+00:002008-12-11T21:01:00.000+00:00This is bad news for Portobello, but for more than...This is bad news for Portobello, but for more than one reason. The idea that the Council is still willing to go ahead and build on a public park is a disaster. I was at the meeting at Portobello Town Hall where Ian Perry stood on the same stage as Andrew and said that if the Park was common good land then the Council would not build on it. At that time the Council insisted that the park was not common good land, so Ian Perry obviously felt safe in making his statement as he probably never believed it mattered. The Council now accepts that the Park is common good land, and has put out a press release suggesting that it does not even require the consent of the court to use land bought specifically for the residents of Portobello as a park for a different purpose. The press release suggests that no public land is ever safe. I would like to see a new school for Portobello, but I don't want to sacrifice another public asset it order to get it. The value of open green space to the wider is priceless and as been significantly under appreciated by politicians and officials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com