Oh dear I went to a EDDC meeting (YAWN)

Yes true I went along to speak to the council about the probable loss of footfall in Sidmouth with the subsequential loss of trade in nthe town if EDDC relocate to Sky Park. i was one of many who spoke against the move but I hold little hope that we will be even considered as anything but a neusance by the Councillors The meeting was a very long drawn out affair that was rminiscent of the Dibley Parish council but run by Dad's army with Cpl Jones in the chair Even the Councillors failed at times to keep up with the meeting indeed when a recorded vote on the budget for the coming year was taking place one of the members was so fast asleep that he had to be prodded to briong him back in order to vote for the motion whatever it was he obviously had no idea of what had been said and so must have voted the way that he had been  programmed pre meeting.
Oh my what a way to run a Council, the ability to sleep though a debate and still vote the right way must bring some browny points at leas for representing the elctors asnd defending their interests so wellt!
I was so bored that I left long before the end after 2 1/2 hours I needed to get away ito some sort of fresh air and to redeem my sanity. i shant be going there again in a hurry but next monday at the Town hall Exmouth the regen and gp committee will be considering the motion that was removed from the council agenda last week to adopt thye structure on nthe Strand I have already had som econversations with Councillors about this and there is another cahnge of their stance It is no longer to keep people dry rather the structure is to protect the electrics and eencillors say that the 80 grqnd is earmarked for exmouth and it must be spent here or it goes to Honiton or somewhere like that Wy is this so important after all we are in recession and money spent in one place provided it is not frittered away is not detrimental to another where the project for which it would have been spent is not wanted by the public! Far better use for any money would be to us it as apothole filler here in Exmouth or to refill the youth fundacross East Devon, which is being slashed by DCC.