Given that discussion has turned to preventing over-development in the Dawlish area, is everyone aware of the Dawlish Against Over-Development Facebook group?
Is it still active in any form?
The group states in the About section (see screenshot) that;
"We are NOT against the necessary building of new houses within the contraints of Govt housing targets and Teignbridge Council's Local Plan."
The group portrays the Liberal Democrat run District Council as victims, being bullied by house builders and developers;
"We oppose house builders and developers deliberately seeking to bully our Council and challenge the Local Plan by attempting to push through vast housing estates, on grade 1 and 2 agricultural land, against the wishes of local residents and even though the infrastructure (roads, doctors, schools, sewerage etc) is not in place to support these endless new homes."
Teignbridge District Council being bullied and not the bully? Have we stepped into some other dimension?
Poor Martin Wrigley and porr Gary Taylor, the former Dawlish Councillor who remain the Portfolio holder for Planning on the Executive at Teignbridge District Councillor.
You might remember Gary Taylor he assualted another Councillor. Because he felt bullied? No surely not! It coincided with the opposition Councillor who he assaulted questioning Taylor's role and fraud in the planning process, and also a couple of 'ghost objectors' thrown in for good measure. it all looks very suspect. It looks like Taylor was trying to silence his political opponent, it's all on You Tube.
When this group was active, the group administrator banned voices critical of the Liberal Democrat administration from the group, without any valid reason.
The group also consists of Liberal Democrat Councillors. the group administrator is or was on very friendly, first name terms with many of them such as a Teignmouth Liberal Democrat Councillor, who also attempted to shut down any anti-Liberal Democrat voices on the group, before they were outright banned. He has form of doing so across many online platforms and sites from his own Lib Dem Teignmouth Focus Team Facebook page, to the Newton abbot Constituency News Facebook page (which dismally fails to not appear so blatantly pro-Lib Dem) and anywhere else this keyboard warrior turns up online.
Is this, or was this truly a site for Dawlish residents or yet another Liberal Democrat controlled Facebook group? there are numerous sites and social media groups locally that don't appear to be political but are.
And are you really a Dawlish resident if you live in the lovely green surrounding countryside, hamlets, farms and villages, even though these areas fall under the electoral division?
Do these people really speak for Dawlish or is it NIMBYism?
And who do your Liberal Democrat Councillors really work for? You? Or is it the party? The local authority which now just resembles a business? Of perhaps they just work for themselves?
Please 