Thanks folks fo acting on that prompt. Lynne was not the only one to try a polite (?) letter to TDC and I think that waiting time is over. I will raise this with the relevant committee of the Town Council but not this week because the important people are working very hard to ensure the assets go back to TDC on 1st April so that we can redirect the Parish Precept to more effect. I will also try ...
Vanguard's Posts on Dawlish Discussion
27 Jul 2010
1 The new centre is being equipped and got ready for September use. 2 The centre will be 'opened' officially on September 10th 3 The building will be open to the Public on September 11th, Saturday, when you can satisfy your curiosity, use your imagination and suggest how you'd like to see it contribute to life in Dawlish. I think eyes will boggle and faces outside the town will turn green with ...
30 Mar 2010
Can you be clearer about your information? Who has informed you? Which Council? Who classified it as redundant land? When did Tesco make their offer, and to whom? Did you attend the meeting some three years ago in the Community College hall when Alan Connett said that Sandy Lane was not up for sale? He hasn't yet changed his tune and he is Leader of TDC.
22 Feb 2010
It would have been logical since the Council offices and Committee rooms have to be paid for and presently (2008/09) cost the council tax payer £30,898 per year which the Town Council have the cheek to assume they get free of charge, and accuse the community users of being subsidised to the tune of £29,680. The figures don't coincide but they represent the same thing, the share of heat,light, ...
22 Feb 2010
Because someone drew plans but didn't explain to the client what "Fence to detail" meant. Someone else didn't ask the question what it meant and so a stockade was erected and then everyone exploded in disgust/horror so the Town Council rushed down to have a look. Now there's rather a lot of surplus fencing timber and an extra charge on the contract for the altered enclosure. I would put all ...
23 Oct 2008
The answers to your questions are: 1 I don't know what caused the disconnection. I know nothing. I changed nothing. 2 I eventually called in Blackboard Associates (free advert) and only after Ian Birdsey spoke to the call centre in Asia did they accept that the problem lay outside this house. 3 The service was restored within 24 hours