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Teignbridge Council has agreed to share its chief executive with a north Devon authority, effectively making the post part-time. In that case, was a full time post ever necessary? |
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Created on Thursday, 20/May/2010 |
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Yes |
11% |
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No |
82% |
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Don't know |
7% |
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A big music festival is planned for Dawlish Warren at August Bank Holiday. Is this the type of venture the area should be holding regularly? |
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Created on Wednesday, 05/May/2010 |
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Yes, this ty |
77% |
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No, bank hol |
23% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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With more cygnets being killed, apparently by dogs, is the town council doing all it can to protect the waterfowl on the brook in Dawlish? |
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Created on Wednesday, 28/Apr/2010 |
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Yes, it is |
1% |
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No, more cou |
98% |
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Don't know |
1% |
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Moves are afoot to combat air pollution in Dawlish. Does the town really have such a problem? |
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Created on Wednesday, 21/Apr/2010 |
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Yes, air pol |
8% |
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No, there's |
83% |
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Don't know |
8% |
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A landowner rants against litter louts spoiling the landscape, but generally does the district authority do a good job in keeping the Dawlish area clean? |
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Created on Wednesday, 14/Apr/2010 |
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Yes, it keep |
33% |
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No, there is |
50% |
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Don't know |
17% |
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AN extra train will be scheduled between dAwlish and London Paddington next December. How important is it that the town has sufficient regular rail links with the capital? |
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Created on Wednesday, 31/Mar/2010 |
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Very importa |
87% |
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Not importan |
10% |
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Don't know |
3% |
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The organisation has suffered in recent months, so just how important is it for Dawlish to have a lively chamber of trade? |
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Created on Wednesday, 24/Mar/2010 |
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Important |
86% |
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Not importan |
7% |
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Don't know |
7% |
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Initial details of changes to Dawlish town centre reveal plans to alter the road and path layouts in an attempt to regenerate the area. Should there be major alterations or should things be taken gently? |
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Created on Wednesday, 10/Mar/2010 |
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Major altera |
56% |
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Major altera |
41% |
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Don't know |
4% |
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The Dawlish Town FC chairman wants promotion, a new stadium and the town to back him, to take the club into the future. With only small attendances and not a great deal of on-pitch success, however, is the wish realistic? |
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Created on Wednesday, 03/Mar/2010 |
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Yes, it is |
17% |
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No it isn't |
83% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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Should local authority car parks allied to hospitals and surgeries be free to use for patients, as a petition calls for this week in Dawlish? |
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Created on Wednesday, 24/Feb/2010 |
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Yes, make th |
73% |
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No, they sho |
27% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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The Cabinet met at Haldon Racecourse as part of the Government's desire to be seen having more direct contact with the community. Is it good to move round the country or a waste of money? |
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Created on Wednesday, 10/Feb/2010 |
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Good move |
20% |
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Waste of mon |
75% |
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Don't know |
5% |
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Dawlish Town Council has accepted responsibility for running facilities like play areas, Tuck's Plot and the Manor Gardens from Teignbridge Council. It will give these and other facilities a more local touch, but was the council right to accept such respo |
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Created on Wednesday, 20/Jan/2010 |
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Right to acc |
63% |
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Wrong to acc |
31% |
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Don't know |
6% |
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Overcrowded railway carriages are still safe, says a First Great Western spokesman. But do you agree with that when a situation arises where trains get so overcrowded that people cannot even get on? |
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Created on Wednesday, 06/Jan/2010 |
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Agree |
14% |
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Disagree |
83% |
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Don't know |
3% |
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The present speed limit on the A379 Exeter road in Dawlish at the Carhaix Way junction is 40mph. Should this – as the local MP and a resident believe – be cut to 30mph to improve safety? |
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Created on Wednesday, 30/Dec/2009 |
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Yes |
86% |
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No |
14% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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First Great Western promises the Teignbridge MP that the problem of overcrowding on school trains at busy times will be solved with the use of three carriages. But is three carriages really sufficient, bearing in mind the public also use the same trains? |
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Created on Wednesday, 23/Dec/2009 |
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Sufficient |
26% |
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Insufficient |
35% |
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Don't know |
39% |
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Decorative illuminations spanning Dawlish's seafront viaduct have been out of action since 2006. Should they be reinstated, as a petition has requested, or should they be removed altogether? |
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Created on Wednesday, 16/Dec/2009 |
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Reinstate th |
10% |
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Remove them |
0% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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A pavilion is among suggestions raised to help regenerate plans for the town centre of Dawlish, but what is the best place to build one, bearing in mind the Lawn is said to be a flood risk? |
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Created on Wednesday, 09/Dec/2009 |
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The Lawn are |
71% |
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Tuck's Plot |
14% |
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Elsewhere |
14% |
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Dawlish railway station may be in for a facelift at long last. How important to the town's prosperity is it that the station looks good? |
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Created on Wednesday, 25/Nov/2009 |
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Important |
97% |
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Not importan |
3% |
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Don't know |
0% |
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Should development continue to be allowed between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren? |
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Created on Wednesday, 11/Nov/2009 |
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Yes |
17% |
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No |
80% |
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Don't know |
2% |
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Should Dawlish Town Council be selling the Manor House because of rising costs? |
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Created on Thursday, 05/Nov/2009 |
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Yes |
9% |
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No |
89% |
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Don't know |
2% |
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Should the NHS pay for Audrey Wilson's eye treatment instead of her having to dip in dwindling savings? |
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Created on Friday, 23/Oct/2009 |
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Yes |
73% |
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No |
14% |
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Don't know |
14% |
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Is a barrage across the Exe estuary the right way to prevent flooding? |
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Created on Thursday, 07/May/2009 |
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Yes |
46% |
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No |
54% |
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Should nature be allowed to take its course and remove the sand from Dawlish Warren? |
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Created on Thursday, 26/Mar/2009 |
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Yes |
38% |
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No |
63% |
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Should Starcross have a community hall? |
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Created on Friday, 12/Dec/2008 |
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Yes |
63% |
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No |
25% |
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Don't know |
13% |
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Teignbridge Council has agreed to share its chief executive with a north Devon authority, effectively making the post part-time. In that case, was a full time post ever necessary?
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