All efforts now are towards saying what a sensible and brilliant idea EDDC upper echelons have come up with for Exmouth and Honiton presence.

So why did they waste hundreds of thousands of pounds of OUR money on Skypark?

From their press release we learn:

“It is clear there is a need to increase service provision for housing benefits, Council Tax, housing advice and register and debt advice in both Exmouth and Honiton and there would be significant demand led presences in Sidmouth and Axminster.

“The council would provide surgeries in other towns as they do in Cranbrook, Seaton, Ottery St Mary, and would experiment with frequency and range of services depending on demand.”

It must have ALWAYS been clear that Exmouth, Honiton, Sidmouth and Axminster needed to be close to accessible services and that the need for these services would only increase as development increases. (Oddly Seaton doesn’t seem to need them – perhaps it will be left stateless when new mergers take place!).

Yet, given all of the above, Skypark was chosen. Why?

It is absolutely impossible to pull the wool over our eyes, EDDC – you blew it, you blew it spectacularly and no amount of “justification” for the latest plan will persuade us otherwise.

See you at the ballot box – though we would suggest to disenfranchised majority party councillors, as much in the dark as minority ones it seems, that a change at the top is now called for – and long overdue!