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General Discussion

In this week's Dawlish Post / Mid-Devon Advertiser, the newspaper asks the question in its County Council Election 2017 pull-out 'Will two visits to the polls in just over a month help or hinder the turnout'? The paper also describes the current position of the Devon County Council Conservatives as being 'cocks of the yard'. Whether they will still be ruling the roost after May 4th, may ...

General Election
30 Apr 2017

Adopt the brace position?

30 Apr 2017

Top tweet! Russ 🇪🇺 ❄️ ‏ @RJonesUX 2h 2 hours ago If you're one person in a tug-of-war against 27, the number of people cheering you won't have any affect the outcome #GE2017 #brexit

The question of where jobs are best provided is an interesting one, Lynne. While many people in the digital economy have been freed up to work at home, there is also a growing number of people who are coming to Dawlish who are prepared to commute to work. Many see the trade-off between (say) an hour's travel and a lovely place to live as an acceptable one, however the quicker they come, the ...

29 Apr 2017

The pensioner £1 per journey 'donation' is an interesting proposition Lynne, but given the changes just brought in by our Conservative government (below) I suspect much of the cash generated would only serve to fatten the bottom line of the private bus companies. https://weownit.org.uk/blog/government-just-got-away-banning-new-public-bus-companies

29 Apr 2017

What has happened at this West Cliff Road site recently is the removal of a large number of mature trees. Whether or not the site has been sold by Devon County Council I am not sure, but it is saddening to see such wholesale destruction, without any planning application having been put before Dawlish Town Council. Perhaps DCC are clearing the site to make it easier for the purchaser to develop?

29 Apr 2017

As I saw it Lynne, honours were even on the point Cllr Clatworty seems to have got most aerated about recently (as it turns out, the question as to who was involved in the fix of the flooding in Cockwood) - but on public transport, the early delivery of the link road and the cuts to teaching school funding, Cllr Wrigley made all the running - including a pledge that a Lib Dem Devon County Council ...

28 Apr 2017

Which falsehoods? Take your pick.

28 Apr 2017

Cllr Wrigley is the only one campaigning for the return of the number 2 bus. Cllr Clatworthy, rather belatedly, says he supports the return of the number 2 bus - but that's just being a passenger to events. Martin Wrigley has worked hard to deliver on many issues important to the town as a Dawlish Town Councillor. The results speak for themselves - and while he may have ruffled the ...

28 Apr 2017

Cllr Wrigley is the only one campaigning for the return of the number 2 bus. Cllr Clatworthy, rather belatedly, says he supports the return of the number 2 bus - but that's just being a passenger to events. Martin Wrigley has worked hard to deliver on many issues important to the town as a Dawlish Town Councillor. The results speak for themselves - and while he may have ruffled the feathers ...

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