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October 25th 2008
Just when we thought that petrol and diesel prices
were going to come down to around 90p a litre those lovely men from
OPEC decide to cut back on production which in turn will force the
price up again.... best thing about this is dear old Gordon Brown is
angry about their decision and we all know why because he and
Darling were intending to put another 2p tax on a litre. We can't
win either way...call the election Gordon at least the Conservatives
have a sensible and workable policy on fuel.
October 22nd 2008
Those lovely Lib Dems at County Hall have gone back
on their word once again... do you remember the storm that brew up
over the tea leaves that were adopted as the County Council's new
logo? You do then you may well remember that when I asked the
question seeking assurances that they wouldn't take the place of the
crest on the signs at the Topsham Road entrance as the crest
signifies that it is the home of the Chairman they assured me that
they wouldn't.... 12 months on and yes you guessed it we have the
leaves outside County Hall.... how much did the signs cost and as we
are heading into a recession is this really making good use of
council tax payers money??? I hardly think so!!! I am now
keeping a watchful eye on the signs on the Devon boundary as they
also promised that these wouldn't be replaced with leaves. Do you
feel as strong as I do about this issue if so write to the local
papers and lets fight for the Devon crest.
October 20th 2008 I am
delighted to learn that the government have now deleted Lyme Bay from
their list of areas designated for wind farms..as blog readers will
know I was totally against this area being used for a wind farm as it
is used as a safe haven for shipping during storms and such a wind
farm would have been a hazard with the potential threat of a major oil
pollution incident along our coastline should a ship have collided
with one of the turbines. This would have been disastrous for our
local economy in terms of tourism. There are also the many
designations that would have been threatened i.e. World Heritage
Site... I also believe that the Military made representations as they
use Lyme Bay for practice.
October 18th 2008 It is I feel
regrettable that the East Devon licensing committee granted the gaming
license for the Dove, although it must be said that it appears that
they had no alternative as the planning permission had been granted
for the change of use....It would have however been interesting to
test the water by refusing and letting the magistrates court make the
final decision. I have witnessed first hand the effect some of these
establishments have on peoples behaviour who believe that they are
going to make a fast buck and end up addicted to gambling.... how do
you prevent this from happening??
October 15th 2008
If you wish to see the two tier District/County
structure of local government continuing here in Devon then everything
needs to be done to get the message out loud and clear to Hazel Blears
who will make the final decision. The Boundary Committee will submit its
preferred proposal to the government on 1st January2009 and then there
will be just a few weeks to make further representations. You can
of course do something now by signing the Prime Minister On line
petition which I started. There are at present nearly 400 signatures but
this is no where near enough. If you feel like I do that if it aint
broke why fix it then click on the link on the right hand side of my
Home page.
October 6th 2008 At the County
Council meeting last Thursday I raised two issues relating to Sidmouth,
the first was regarding the Alma bridge in seeking assurances that if it
were too be lost to the sea that a replacement would be built not to far
away from the bridge so that money could be saved by linking into the
Hanger path....I am delighted to say that I received a positive reply
from the Executive member for the Environment. I then went on to
find out what the councils policy is on Zebra Crossing Illuminated light
poles which are being used with great effect in other areas of the
country. I was somewhat puzzled at the reply I received being told that
there was no intention to install these in Devon at the present
time.....I then pointed out that there were four already in situ in
Torrington and the Chairman of the council told me that they are
brilliant.... I was somewhat taken back to think that the Environment
Executive member wasn't aware of this!!! Surely she should know
everything or at least be briefed by the officers on such things.
The good news is that she has given the go ahead for these poles to be
provided on the new Zebra crossing on Stowford Rise..... as you can
imagine I am well pleased with both of these results.
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