Duckileaks
Frederick - I think you'll find that the Warden is the one that makes the decisions on the housing of cygnets and their parents in the pen. As the swans have a monetary value surely by ensuring their survival he is doing what he is paid to do? The mallards aren't owned by the town council so they take their chances (most of the time) with the gulls - nasty to see a duckling being ripped apart ...
I thought the letters were a fair representation of Dawlish - One ex-Tory councillor, one ex- Lib-Dem councillor Martin Dix who watches all councils quite closely Someone who wasn't a councillor and then the Anthonys - an ex-councillor and his wife who is a Labourite and uses whatever opportunity he can to criticise the Tories even if he doesn't mention them in person!!
Somewhere as unlike Dawlish Warren as possible - it's my idea of hell!
But most of the shops and cafes open on Sundays from Easter anyway. There's no point in opening on a wet Sunday in January but once the season kicks off at Easter most places go right through until October half-term. I tried staying open in the winter in a previous business - got as far as end of November when I stopped breaking even and started losing money.
Ofsted grade them about the same. My child went to Gatehouse and did well there. Different head and deputy head then. Since the current leadership have been appointed lots of staff have left. Read into that what you will but personally having met one of the most senior staff there I would want to visit both schools before applying. I didn't that member of staff at all.
Poke. I'm on facebook - insisted on my kids having me as a friend when I was younger so I could 'police' what they were saying. I don't really have a problem with facebook itself - more the stupidity of people on it. But, I consider being a councillor a serious role and one that should not be undertaken lightly and with facebook being a rather lightweight and frivilous medium I'm not thrilled ...
Brazilnut, the Deputy Mayor, seems that it may not follow that the usual protocol is carried out. Flo - uncomfortable is the word is was looking for, and I agree about the Gazette using EoD a lot, bit lazy really but still it's better than hacking into someone's phone....
Eyes of Dawlish is sometimes interesting, sometimes useful but often an unpleasant scandal-mongering tool. Is it an appropriate place for our town councillors to moan about each other? It is one thing for residents to make comment/pass on rumours but, unless to contradict/substantiate, should councillors get involved? I'm referring to the current thread regarding the next Mayor, but it is not ...
Thanks Webmaster, I'm a spanner at this stuff!
Well all the above went weird and something was missing! Never mind....
