General Discussion
You won't get much change out of £350K. Can you imagine the headlines and outcry if councillors were to approve such a huge outlay on what would be (wrongly) perceived as being a cosmetic exercise?
Have you any idea at all of how much it would cost to make the Manor House fit for purpose? Believe you me, the £140K you refer to re. a new building is a drop in the ocean. Excuse my ignorance but I don't understand why you believe they are going to meet somewhere different every month if they are buying premises? Is the new building for staff only, and not for council meetings?
I'm sorry if you think I haven't read your post correctly. In what way do you wish the residents (interesting choice of word) success? Would the council spending hundreds of thousands of our pounds on a refurb count as a success? Out of interest, what do you think the hidden agenda might be?
Without wishing to turn this into YET ANOTHER boring and fruitless dialogue about CCTV, can you please tell me how many crimes have been prevented since they were installed? Obviously that's impossible, but I can point to the official figures that show that crime is significantly down. To the matter in hand - I take it that you would be happy if hundreds of thousands of council tax pounds was ...
If one is daft enough to forget something as simple as bringing proof of address, I very much doubt that they would have anything intelligent to bring to the debate.
I wouldn't be happy if non-Dawlish residents were participating in this. So Mr Winchester is quite right, if what you say is correct. Personally, I'd like to see the Manor house sold off - but only on the understanding that the external fabric of the building remains as is, and that the gardens remain in the public domain. As it stands, in my humble opinion, the Manor House is not fit for purpose. ...
The boiler scrappage scheme is to replace boilers with the lowest energy efficient rating with A-rated ones. The Govt contribution is £400 towards the cost of replacement. Note however that the cost of purchasing and installing these boilers can be in the region of £2000 - though they are likely to mean that you will have savings of £300 per year off your gas bill. The only plumber I can recommend ...
So near yet so far. A penalty shootout is a great way to win a cup tie, but a horrible way to lose one! Hopefully the team that has done the town of Dawlish so proud, will lift their chins and do the business next Saturday against Street.
My honest assessment from the 2 occasions that I've been in the store is that it's problem was that it was stuck in the 1970's. Yes, I know that a lot of the residents in the town are of a more, shall we say, mature age who like to wear a lot of beige, however the spending power lies with younger generations, who frankly wouldn't be seen dead wearing any of the clothing on sale in there. Now, if ...
Click on the link below for an excellent article about Dawlish Warren and it's locale. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/safariandwildlifeholidays/7019445/Birdwatching-Devons-got-the-Exe-factor.html Apologies to those who might be averse to clicking on a link to the Torygraph newspaper...
