General Discussion
@MugOnHead - well now, if there were to be such a service in dawlish do you not think that i would be one of the first to be telling everyone about it? perhaps you could tell us more about the organisation/firm that is on the end of that number you've given.
Got furniture, electrical goods, white goods etc in reasonably good nick that you no longer need? Or are you in of need the same? Then suggest you contact Devon Furniture Forum. I'd never heard of them until a van drew up just now outside a neighbour's and started loading up with all their unwanted furniture and lamps. www.dff.org.uk tel; 01626 362313 (Newton Abbott)
Might I make a plea as well? Any chance we could have debates/exchanges of opinion on this forum without the, almost inevitable, deterioration into name calling and such like. Please. I appreciate that the written word can't relay spoken nuances and that this in turn can lead to misunderstandings, it's happened to me and has happened to others. But any chance we could try to be nice to each ...
Seems it's £15,000 per year not £25,000. http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/county_councillors/locality-budgets.htm
So, are you saying that it shouldn't be spent at all? or that it should be spent in some other way? I ask as in your original posting you state that you think it should be spent for the benefit of Devon residents. Which it is. Equally divided up so that each ward gets the same amount.
I think that amount is a sum that each councillor can spend in her/his ward on behalf of those living in that ward. So, it is spent for the benefit of Devon residents - an equal amount for all the wards, although what spent on will differ from ward to ward and, I believe, is decided by the councillor concerned. I think the Teignbridge District Councillors also have a similar system. It seems ...
Rural skip service coming to Dawlish - Saturday 18th June, Sandy Lane Car Park 10am-4pm http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=14272
and/or raise the issues with our recently elected town councillors to see if they can help bring them to the attention of the local police? http://www.dawlish.gov.uk/memberlist.php
This link should take you to the correct page http://neighbourhoodpolicing.devon-cornwall.police.uk/BCU-1663/Sector-1686/NB-1689/Pages/default.aspx Chrysaor's right though - perhaps we should report transgressions rather than just moaning about them. And I'm not just talking about cyclists riding on pavements but other things as well, like, for instance, motorists parking where they shouldn't. ...
Well, a lot of us are guilty of infringing the rules of the road/pavement/cyclepath. That's not preachy but fact.
