Monday 28 October 2013

Town council open meetings?

have any of you out there noticed the trend for the Town council to hold special meetings to discuss things which become important? the latest was the special meeting that was convened to debate the impending closure of the TIC located in Travel world. Why this is happening is a great concern to anyone who treasures freedom of speech and democracy. All council meetings are supposed by law to be held in the evening after 6  pm if it is a parish council (which Exmouth is) so that there ks an open and democratic process that can bee seen to work by the public who are able to attend.
Simply put the town council is stopping the public from seeing democracy at work and is creating a sense of distrust in their workings,

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