Margaret Swift
Rockpool cafe was NOT burnt down by an arsonist, local or otherwise.
@Liberal Democrat, perhaps you should now request your FOI given the disclosure of the additional £100,000 this event cost, split evenly between Exeter and Teignbridge. An FOI would reveal the true cost of this wasteful event to taxpayers, they have a right to know!
The source I emailed tells me there is no covenant on the lawn area.
We have been landed with a bill for another £50,000 on top of the £100,000 already wasted on the Big Weekend. It was a Big Weekend - a Big Waste of tax payers money!
And did you know that the Big Weekend has cost us another £50,000 on top of the £100,000 already wasted because not enough people used the park and ride.?
Well said BEE9. The council seem happy to support ripping up a third of the lawn area for a playpark but do nothing about the areas you mention above. They need to get those areas up to a high standard and buy more benches before they do anything else.
@Lynne , thanks for the link, i think as many of us as poosible need to attend that meeting as, on the surface, it all seems a bit odd as there is no mention of a 'call in' on a decision made at the previous meeting. i will do my best to be there.
@Lynne , not been a councillor for over a year now so my memory might be a bit iffy but i thought any decision made in any council or committee meeting had to be 'called in' within 10 days of the decision being made if there was to be a challenge to the decision. i have not come across 'to rescind a resolution' before.
@Lynne , a few years ago we tried to return various items of rehab equipment my mum needed following a few falls due to postural hypertension. we tried barton surgery, dawlish hospital and torbay nhs trust. eventually we were told that it is not cost effective to collect these items and to give them to a charity shop! which we did. so...........not only do we have a throw away society, we also ...
@DJ , one of the best posts i have read for a long time. the system is not joined up and it is in a god awful mess.
