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It's worse now it is dark most of the time, folk think they can get away with it under the cover of darkness. I would like to see more environmenta...

This all begs the question: If you are a pet owner who can't be bothered picking up your pets shit, why a dog?. Get yourself a seagull. Nobody give...

Having run along the prom early mornings I can say that it is often too dark for owners to see if and where their dogs are doing their business. Do...

When I was a kid there were very few "adult" places which allowed kids in, on the presumption that we would all misbehave and spoil the environment...

The problem is that the same people who currently refuse to pick up after their dogs would be the same ones that would ignore any dog 'no-go' area....

I had to look into the possibility of a dog-free zone on the beach a while back and it wasn't easy. There's an underlying presumption of a right of...

Porty could become the merkin producing capital of Scotland with all the spare hair lying around!!!!Statistics: Posted by Makaveli — 11 Jan 2013, 1...

wangi wrote: Good news - Portobello, the hair cutting capital of Scotland, is to gain two more hairdressers! 99 High St is to be a barber; 212 (was...

Any dog, no matter how well-trained or not is a potential risk - especially to children. You cannot guarantee that your dog will not react to a sit...

I agree that owners need to do more to ensure waste is removed but its crazy to ask for a ban on dogs. The main use of the beach is people walking ...

Great posts today! I particularly liked the rant from thecrawfords - clearly a woman at the end of her tether! And I agree entirely - the main beac...

I have a small, very friendly dog that children are drawn to like filings to a magnet - always wanting to clap him. He's always on a lead, because ...

I've got a muckle galoot of a dug, he's really massive.As friendly as a dog can be and as daft as that too.He loves to play with people and my lad ...

thecrawfords wrote: ....... At every turn there were dogs sniffing and circling around my 4 and 2 year old children. We could barely get a minutes ...

I cant agree more James. Today on the way home from nursery walking along the prom my 2 year old stood in dog shit. I took her down to the sea and ...

Collection of live tweets from the public meeting tonight: http://storify.com/talkporty/porty-park ... portobelloStatistics: Posted by wangi — 09 J...

LOLStatistics: Posted by Puerto bella — 43 minutes ago

Whilst pcc might not be covered, CEC are and it could be possible to find out how many contacts/complaints they have had about the PCC since the em...

This has all been about the school and nothing should detract from getting the new Porty High built on the Park. One of the side issues however has...

I suspect most correspondents will have copied the council in. When are the minutes due, could make for some interesting reading. What will the cou...

lg1726 wrote: Freedom of information would cover such a request. if they did not disclose, they would have to provide evidence to support that deci...

surely a simple request from a cc would extract copies of all correspondence?Statistics: Posted by Porty — 6 minutes ago

Spookily similar to last time.Statistics: Posted by Porty — 32 minutes ago

Puerto bellaSpookily similar to last time. wrote: In a nut shell - thanks to Maureen's popularity and the way the STV works we've ended up with two...

Ask Sheila Gilmore and MaureenStatistics: Posted by Puerto bella — Today, 09:56

Freedom of information would cover such a request. if they did not disclose, they would have to provide evidence to support that decision and it co...

Puerto bella wrote: In a nut shell - thanks to Maureen's popularity and the way the STV works we've ended up with two decent folk and a crook? I do...

Am aware of his standing in Craigmillar and that trad labour voters in some areas would vote for a monkey if it had a red rosette on.Statistics: Po...

Got to mind that the ward is now bigger than just Portobello, where MC was a councillor before boundary changes, some districts will always vote fo...

In a nut shell - thanks to Maureen's popularity and the way the STV works we've ended up with two decent folk and a crook? Edinburgh Sucks needs up...