How many people who (some) contribute such utter tosh to this web site, attend council meetings to hear the true facts and get a flavour of what is in store for all you luvly people of Dawlish?
I do not think you mean a closed shop, they are certainly not! What you may mean is, that topics have already been decided upon and what ever you say will not make a jot of difference. That is where public participation comes in. Go along and try it!