This week’s Sidmouth Herald has 6 critical letters about our council:

One letter from Paul Freeman about the missing 6,000 (plus) voters missing from the electoral roll and finding the “explanation” from EDDC very wanting

One about how our council is mired in bureaucracy in spite of the major party’s pledge to “cut red tape”

One about the upcoming court case between EDDC and the Information Commissioner about EDDC’s refusal to release documents in spite of the Information Commissioner’s request that it should be published

Two about the omnishambles of planning and development in Newton Poppleford where a reason to allow one development was turned on its head to refuse another and where EDDC did not find it necessary to have an Environmental Impact Assessment on the Clinton Devon Estates site in spite of it being beside an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

One about the inability of the council to improve access the Byes even though they own the land which could allow improvements

Add the item about EDDC “restricting free speech” at its meeting and another item about voting for funding for £15,000 of sports cash has been delayed twice because EDDC felt that not enough old people and not enough young people had voted in the previous two rounds and it just hasn’t been a good week for our council.