michaelclayson
Thanks for clarifying that Gary, Bob and I will look forward to that drink after the elections. I'm sure you're a busy man for the next two weeks. @Margaret. For me this was a simple case of ethics. If you are a Candidate in a live election and are posting comments on social media criticising the record of one of your opponents, it is wrong to do this anonymously. Gary clearly hadn't ...
I certainly haven't taken offence at anything you've written Soul However, I do think it is wrong for you to continue to ignore a very polite request for you to declare your true identity on this site. You cannot, in my view, stand in an election whilst trying to influence the public view on important matters from behind a pseudonym. You have admitted you are a Lib Dem candidate in ...
Please can we keep this clear of Dot Com type arguments, and focus on what's important @SoulofDawlish you have confirmed that you are a candidate in the elections I really think it important therefore that you post under your real name, so that readers can associate the man with the opinion. It just isn't right in my view that someone who is standing in an election trys to ...
I've now received the Conservative leaflet for the town elections, and it makes some interesting promises that will be difficult to keep without greater support from Teignbridge. They want to improve the Lawn - Hoorah. District Cllr Stuart Barker came to the town council in February 2012 and promised us improvements. Mention was made of £1 million investment in the town centre, if the ...
@soul you speak of "our proposals". That suggests you are one of the Lib Dem candidates Have I misunderstood you? If so, I apologise, but that is how it increasingly comes across. If you are a candidate, I think you should post under your name, not a pseudonym.
Or in a pub maybe? Either way, I'm clear that the District Councillors did the right thing over defending Shutterton, and were let down by a system that is now preloaded to deliver sites for Developers. But lets face it, we've debated the life out of that issue over the past few days. I hope that people think hard about the choices available on May 7th. I can't see the Lib Dems ...
Hello Soul I appreciate elections are stressful times, but I hope we can keep this at the level of robust debate and not sarcasm Comments like "Oh please bring on the jugglers" suggests we are moving towards the bad old ways of Dot Com, which I thought we all wanted to leave behind Yes, I do believe that the people of Dawlish supported the strategy. In fact, I know they did ...
I believe the people of Dawlish didn't want houses built at Shutterton - and local district councillors were right to press for this to be stopped. The Lib Dem government scuppered this by writing planning law that have given too much power to Developers. The law may have been written by Eric Pickles but it was only passed in parliament by Lib Dem votes. So I'd rather vote for people that ...
Its different because there was no planning application or changes to the Local Plan required to save the Manor. It is an arena that is governed by rules, and a key requirement is that no councillor should be taking part in a decision if it affects them financially or they have made it clear that their decision is already made. Its also different because saving the Manor was carrying out ...
@Lynne I'm rather more worried about the Lib Dem candidates rendering themselves impotent on this matter by "Predetermination" than I am about the fact that a candidate has a pecuniary interest because of her family renting land at Warren Farm for their holiday caravan Why? The pecuniary interest can be expunged overnight by the caravan being moved and the rental agreement ...
