General Discussion
Do you care to expand on that? It sounds like you're not very appreciative of all the hard work and effort of Councillor Rosie and others in the party.
Have you seen the dire state of the brook? Dawson just hides behind the Environment Agency and does nothing, she needs to stand up for the town, and worry a bit less about having her photo taken for the press in that chain that's glued around her neck.
Rosie is no longer the Mayor, at present the Mayor is Lin (Goodman-Bradbury), so she hasn't been photographed with the 'chain glued around her neck' for some time now.
Rosie will be hoping to take over from Martin who is busy working tirelessly for us all in Westminster these days. He leaves a big hole to fill in the County Council, one that can only be filled by someone like Rosie.
Dawson was photographed wearing a chain around her neck a couple of weeks at the opening of the new bridge
https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/bridge-opening-marks-landmark-for-missing-link-road-777196
And Wrigley is still listed as a councillor on the DCC website, does this mean he is standing down?
Why not check on the Town Council website who the Mayor has been since last May? Here's the link.
https://www.dawlish.gov.uk/the-mayor/
Had you clicked and read the link at the beginning you would see that Martin is not standing in the upcoming County Council election. He is still a County Councillor until that election on May 1st. Here it is again, just in case you can be bothered to open a link and to take an interest in local politics.
The chain that Rosie is wearing in the photograph at the opening of Sweet Violets bridge is because she is the current chair of Teignbridge District Council. Stood to her left is the current Mayor of Dawlish, who is wearing her chain of office.
I see, so that would be the same chain that Dawson wore at the Shaftesbury Theatre last month during a public performance. Why would she do that, unless going to the theatre is an official duty now.
"Martin who is busy working tirelessly for us all in Westminster"
Are you joking?
What has he done? Absolutely nothing.
Along with Dawson, they both passed the buck with regards to the state of the brook.
He is a waste of space.
@Burnside, Is that your principle issue with Rosie? That she wears her chain of office to the local theatre? Is that more important than her achievements as a Town and District Councillor in her campaign to also serve on the higher tier of local government? I think not.
And would you take issue with a Tory Councillor wearing their chain of office to the theatre, or a Reform Councillor? Heaven forbid!
@Carer I think Martin is a workaholic and absolutely committed to those of us who voted for him. I take it that you do not subscribe to his newsletter or follow him on social media where he appears to be very active in improving life in Dawlish and the wider constituency. I think it's remarkable that he is able to balance his Councillor positions alongside being a MP, it's unbelievable how tirelessly he works on our behalf, so the 'waste of space' comment is below the belt.
If both Rosie and Martin are so below par, then why does Dawlish keep voting for them?
@AliPop
I find Dawson nauseating, it's as simple as that. You can put that other waste of space Wrigley into the same category, I did once read one of his social media pages, but he banned me for having the temerity to post a home truth.
@burnside Could you expand on the nauseating comment? Does it relate to Rosie's Chairing of the District Council meeting about Broadmeadow leisure centre changing rooms and trans rights? That made the national press.
In truth Martin doesn't deal very well with confrontation and criticism.
What happened to the lib dem petition to replace thw 2nd bridfe in the manor- yep kucked into the long grass. Spent north of 90k doing up the manor .....spent 18k grant on silly chewing gum signs for dawlish on a non issue. Teignbridge council described as shocking by auditors....run by ,you vuessef it lib dems. Wrighley doing 3 jobs yet hard workung? Yes very pulling in 3 wages for time. The list goes on and on so alipot rwmove the rose coloured glasses and wake up to reality.
@1263 Martin will have two roles after May 1st, that of our MP and a District Councillor for Dawlish NE. He currently has 3 roles - MP, County and District Councillor, with one salary for MP, the rest are allowances. Up until February he was also a Town Councillor, so that was 4 roles in government. So I think I am awake to reality thank you.
The other bridge in Manor Gardens is quite sufficient, I see no reason why people can't walk the short distance to cross there, other than laziness. Our elected members have to make tough decisions in these difficult economic times.
Whether you like the Liberal Democrats or not, we will have Rosie elected in Martin's place,
What a stupid remark, so if one if the main bridges over the brook was destroyed you would say well walk to the other one ... You conviently ignore the fact that it was a lib dem councillor who was doing the petition for the replacement bridge ..did you tell her not to be lazy and use the one bridge? Wrigley got in as MP because Reform split the tory vote allowing him to get in How many times did he try for election as MP and get beaten. How about previous lib dem councillor threating violence to a fellow councillor? What about the official damming report about the lib dem run teignbridge council .......like i said wake up and smell the coffee about the lib dems.
@1263 Politics is about priorities and taking tough decisions. I am well aware Rosie started that petition for the replacement bridge. Just because I'm a Liberal Democrat it doesn't mean I agree with everything Liberal Democrat Councillors and MPs do or say. I'm entitled to my opinion., although I understand the usefulness of petitions in the public eye.
Martin stood for election in the 2019 General Election, so that's once before when he was beaten by Anne-Marie Morris. And you're right Martin was elected last year because Reform split the Conservative vote. In fact the Conservative vote completely collapsed compared to 2019 due to Reform. I expect the same thing will happen in the County Council elections where Rosie and Liberal Democrats up and down the country will benefit from the Reform vote. The previous Conservative candidate, in the 2021 County Council election, who narrowly lost to Martin is now backing Reform. I doubt Rosie will have to do much campaigning, it's in the bag.
Which Liberal Democrat Councillor threatened violence to a fellow Councillor?
What about the Ombudsman's report? That's about the District Council, not County. And yes it was rather damning but who cares? Alan, Martin et al dealt with that, nobody really cares about local politics anyway, just look at the low turn-out and we were re-elected to the District Council last year.
Maybe you need to wake up and 'smell the coffee' regarding the nature and reality of politics locally and nationally.