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Cllr McInnes replaces Dawlish county councillor John Clatworthy, who stepped down from the role. He will continue to serve Dawlish from the back benches. Read more... http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=427480&headline=Hatherleigh%20and%20Chagford%20councillor%20new%20deputy%20leader%20of%20Devon%20County%20Council§ionIs=news&searchyear=2018
@Diana Mond - i was merely using your own words. As to an important thread, yes it is important from the view point of the potential banning of dog's on The Lawn. From your post on this thread (11 June 2018 20:02) you seem happy to stop dog walker's from excercising their dogs on The Lawn, but seem unaware/ignorant to the fact that the potential for attacks on swans and other wildfowl ...
@DEEDOODLE i kindly ask that you please don’t drag yet another important thread down. thank you.
@Diana Mond - 'will surely have the support of most people in the town', sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about locals with pitchforks? I'm sure they'd do it for free.
So if it is self financing then: 1. A lot of people will need not only to infringe the dog legislation but also to be caught infringing it or 2.A target will need to be set whereby a certain number of people will need to be fined (whether or not they have infringed the law) in order for the self financing target to be met. Can you imagine that? So I reckon it will either be ...
Lynne, just like parking controls, it should and would be self finacing. If it is'nt, then the enforcers have done a good job by not having people breaking the bye-law or they have not done a good job and the burden of employing the enforcers fall on the tax payer and dogs roam around at their pleasure.
Play park costs (from the link I've given above) Play Area • Maintenance – Play equipment lasts about 10 years – Previous large park design around £250,000 – Maintenance would be annual fixes and upkeep, plus allowance to replace the lot in ten years time • Approx £5,000 annual fixes • £25,000 annual allowance towards replacement
Dogs to be on leads or dogs not allowed at all? If either or those how will it be enforced? Who will enforce it? Who will pay for the enforcer(s) to enforce it? How much will it cost to enable the enforcer(s) to enforce it? etc etc. Or will there just be signs telling people of the lead requirement/dog ban? Loads of holidaymakers walk along the sea wall from the Warren with kids and dogs. ...
What a knee jerk reaction. There are laws in place on the lawn regarding dogs on leads. Just enforce it. Lots of holiday makers have picnics on the lawn with their dogs on leads. Banning dogs would not have stopped the killing of the swan. Those people flout the laws openly, but no one enforces it. This would put me off as a tourist if I couldn't walk my dog sensibly on the Lawn. There are few ...