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4...................................Family notices 8..........................Your views, opinion 9...................................... Parker's Pen 14..................................Class of 2009 15.....................................Brian Carter 16................................Poles To Poles 17................................ Business Daily 18- 19.............................TV and radio 20................................ Weather, tides, ............................... useful information 21.............................................. Dance 22.................................. Puzzles, stars 24................................... Dating pages 25-30 .................................Classifieds 31-36 ......................................... Sport HERALD EXPRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009 9 ww.thisissouthdevon.co.uk COMMENT Deputy editor Jim Parker has his finger on the pulse of South Devon and brings you his view PARKER'S PEN www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk ! jparker@heraldexpress.co.uk! 01803 676202 Consultation: Is it only about ticking boxes? M all for giving power to e people... but there has to a limit.
onsultation is an ugly word. something councils such as rbay carry out virtually on a ly basis. purse and what was the point of a leaflet?" He added: "I have been to two public meetings. Five genuine members of public attended one in Barton with 16 officials from the police, probation, fire service and council."See the full content of this document
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ut is consulting with the public an endless variety of sometimes ous and complicated topics lly worth it? r is it just a matter of keeping masters in Whitehall happy and ugely expensive waste of time public money? He maintains most of the public meetings are a waste of time and money and he was telling fellow magistrates just that in a speech to the annual meeting of the Torbay bench last week.
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