General Discussion

1) Further action needed on dogs
2) Dawlish Beach needs the seaweed cleaning up in summer months.
3) More needed to occupy teenagers
4) Public Order: Disrespectful teenagers and feculent, aggressive OAPs

Any others?

Perhaps when we have a complete list, the webmaster can invite him to comment on the Discussion Board in person.

(If Ken Livingstone can interact with the media, then why not Mr Protheroe?)

I agree with all of those. Plus tidying up the Strand, though I think the Regeneration groups are working on this.
Theres a series on BBC Breakfast TV about how coastal towns are moving away from their 50s and 60s past - councillors should watch and learn.

Interesting - and lets hope the Mayor will join in the debate here.

The big hotels all shut down in Dawlish (and there were some rather good ones). Where can people stay now - just Marine Parade? There should be a strategy of attracting hotel investment, otherwise day-trippers are the sole target.

Dawlish has got many innate advantages over neighbouring towns - its far nicer than Teignmouth, Starcross is basically a joke town.

I could not agree more. Dawlish' problem is that it is geared almost entirely to the day tripper market, esp from Dawlish Warren. It needs to target a different type of customer - yes, hotel investment would be a great start.