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Smokey, I do get it! I'm local, live in the town centre and I do ALL my weekly shopping in Dawlish. I don't use out of town supermarkets, and I manage it very well without parking on the Strand. I either park in the Co-op car park on my way home from work through the week or WALK at weekends. If the Strand was pedestrianised and brightened up it would attract more LOCALs as well as visitors. ...
Some shops in the Strand have well cared for shop fronts, but they are let down by the ones that do not. All those businesses with peeling paint work, tatty and grubby window displays, weeds in the forecourt, etc need to brighten themselves up. Put flowers out in summer (there are many spaces where small flower tubs would go). Get rid of the cars, and make it an attractive area to stroll in, then ...
I also received a reply from Anne Marie Morris' secretary containing that sentence. Like Carer, I thought it was very 2 faced of her. I didn't vote for her in the last election, and won't in the next. I'd rather have an MP capable of making up their own mind than one who just toes the party line.
Fight The Public Bodies Bill! - There is still time to write to the lords and ask them to drop the forestry clauses from the Bill - keep OUR forests owned by the public, and run by the forestry commission. List of lords here - http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
I'd love to see the Strand fully pedestrianised, with deliveries restricted to certain times of day. It would revitalise the town centre.
We don't need a Tesco as well as Sainsburys. Soon there won't be any small shops left in this country, all we'll have is supermarkets! Tesco has agressive marketing, but it's not always cheaper.
Date change. Because of logistical problems with Car Parking generated by maybe a thousand people travelling to Haldon Forest on a Saturday, the rally has been POSTPONED until Saturday 2nd April. For more information go to http://www.eclipse.co.uk/exeter/haldon/
The government intends to dispose of our publicly owned forests! If you love and use your local forest and want it to continue to be there for you and your friends and family to use, then make your voice heard to stop this government from passing legislation to allow it to be broken up and sold off! More information at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=139070536155742 ...
She did vote in favour. And there is nothing on her website about her opinion on the proposed sell off / leasing / giving away to charities of our forests. I emailed her, but haven't had a reply, so I don't know what her reasons are for voting in favour. The sell off won't even make money, based on defra's own figures.
Go to http://saveourforests.co.uk/ and get the facts. Then, if you're as angry as I am, sign the petition at http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/save-our-forests#petition(over 487,000 people have already signed it), and write to your MP - http://www.annemariemorris.co.uk/ for Newton Abbot & Dawlish.