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RESOLVED; that Councillor Phillip Skinner be elected Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year.
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Councillor Skinner is probably best remembered for “Christmas card gate” when he was fired from his post as EDDC’s rural ” champion” during the reign of former EDDC Leader Chairman Sarah Randall-Johnson for sending her an inappropriate greeting:
CONSERVATIVE councillor has been stripped of his role as rural champion after off-the-cuff remarks in a Christmas card offended the leader of a Devon authority.
Philip Skinner, who represents Talaton, near Ottery St Mary, sent the card to Sara Randall Johnson, leader of East Devon District Council and headed it “My greatest adversary”. Mr Skinner heaped praise on her at the expense of other members, boasting: “The rest I can demolish in my sleep, but you are in a class of your own.”
Mr Skinner signed off with two footnotes, the last of which stated: “If only things had turned out different, we’d have made one hell of a team.”
Unfortunately, we are not told what the first footnote was.
In the words of Tim Wannacott of Bargain Hunt: “Are you in charge of the sale today Philip? If so, we are in safe hands”.
East Devon Watch 