Really worth a full read but here are some highlights:
Broadband (or lack of):
“I regret that our application was unsuccessful as you will see from the two letters that are appended to this update.” (Twiss quote)
The exchange of correspondence between EDDC and the grant funders who turned down the application is VERY enlightening and should be a major embarrassment to lead councillor Phil Twiss.
Having pulled out of the Devon-wide consortium that has just been granted extra funding we are – precisely nowhere, in fact worse than that, much further back with rural broadband provision than ever before.
Public engagement (or lack of):
A risible attempt to produce a (very brief) report that pretends that EDDC consults appropriately and widely – but listing examples where the public has the exact opposite opinion!
Website (or lack of)
Boasting that more and more forms are going online and how wonderful the industry insiders think it is (so it’s a pity you can rarely find what you are looking for as an outsider and with many documents missing. But how you can get gold stars from your colleagues when your search function is described only as “fairly good” beats Owl!
and the committee’s draft report for the council’s own annual report all up for scrutiny.
East Devon Watch 