Excluded
Mr. Dinse writes in the letters page of the Evening news something PiltonSucks.com has been saying for a while,that that local community are excluded from having any say in the goings on down at the dandy Waterfront. Growing impatience with the secrecy of this lot is plain to see. There never has been any commitment of any kind to the local community,and there isn’t likely to be in the forseeable future.
It is as we all know a money making exercise helped by the council who are doing their best to exclude the existing community. We are alledgedly represented on the Waterfront board by councillors Mcginnis,Fitzpatrick and Perry with Waterfront Liz chairing the board[where does she get the time] You would think that the peoples party representatives would be arguing for more community representation,quite the opposite. Meaningless seminars that nobody pays a blind bit of attention to,merely patronising to keep the punters quite.
We are in real danger of losing our world heritage status due to over development and the grants which comes with it. And who sits on the heritage board,our old friend Trevor fingers Davies the planning guru,and friend of the developers. Of course the armchair experts will tell you that Granton is not a world heritage site,if it was we would have lost that status by now. But the old town is,and our city protectors  want to turn it into the Blackpool of the East.
So if they get their way as they appear to be in Granton,they will destroy the Old Town. So not only are the local community geting stuffed by their representatives over the Waterfront deal,they are trying to downgrade this city completly and turn it into a fun park. We have in many ways only ourselves to blame,it is unfair to blame our elected members,after all we put them there,but we can still save the day and boot them out.
Our trust has been betrayed,more than once and it is time to take stock and make our voices heard. The Waterfront development could have been a windfall for all,instead it is but only for a few. The community has been conned and will continue to be conned until they take matters into their own hands. The politicians are just laughing at us as they cosy up to the developers and shut out the community.
This is a deliberate policy,and to date a successful one.If we cut through the lies and bullshit the reality is clear,our elected protectors don’t want the local community involved except at the fringes,otherwise we might find out the truth and do something about it.
It is all very well being a head nodder and a forelock tugger,but you are laughed at to.Those that choose that road are mistaken and do the community down. If you want to do something be constructive,hold the politicians to account for their lack of action and ignoring the wishes of the community.Â
Remember this. If you choose to stay quite and are happy to have the politicians clap you on the back,we all lose you as well. We urge all the voters of Greater Pilton or the Forth ward as it is now called to come out and send those that would do us down a message-your time is up,you had your chance, so we are going to retire you as you will not go gracefully. GOODBY.     Â