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This website may seem to be unnecessarily provocative. Here is the explanation.
Why Provocative?
The actions of ECC demonstrate that it has treated the well off very differently from the children and their families in the wider community.
Why Discrimination?
Protecting children from abuse is the concern of us all, but is ECC guilty of abuse by neglect?
ECC and Child Abuse
The public can only speculate on the reasons for ECC’s haste to demolish the pavilion. What are the Council’s priorities?
ECC’s Haste to
Demolish Pavilion
DCC sustained a trusting and highly successful partnership with the Club’s volunteers. ECC seems to have no idea (!) Who wants Unitary Status?
DCC a Good Landlord
Contrast the ECC
Based at the Civic Centre are gremlins damaging both the Council’s image and the children the Summerway volunteers would be happy to serve.
Who is Pulling the
Strings?
When a member of the public tries to get Goliath, wallowing in his absolute power, to listen, think and examine his conscience, it’s an unequal contest.
David and Goliath -
Jim’s Motivation
The Club seems to have a much clearer picture of the locality’s needs than Exeter City Council.
Tunnel Vision and
Exeter City Council
Much of ECC’s dealings with the Club seems to be based on false impressions. Isn’t there anyone at the Civic Centre capable of a rigorous approach?
ECC Often Lack the
Required Rigour
How are the common people supposed to exercise democracy? Has it become a sham?
Neither Voice nor
Choice
This is a parochial summary. A wider assessment of the Summerway saga is also required, as it is of great significance to the fundamental workings of democratic government and to the population.
What Is This All
About?
ECC’s destruction of such community services as Summerway and the Orchard fuels vandalism. Is local bureaucracy guilty of muddled thinking?
Is ECC using its
Common Sense?
ECC’s determination to remove DCC’s protection to a previously safe environment, against the Club’s advice, needs thorough examination.
Why is ECC Exposing Children to Danger?
The ECC Leisure Manager’s suggestion to saddle the Club with a political officer.
What price an ECC Political Officer?
This website speaks of Local Government Failure, but is it fair to use such a term?
Is ‘Failure’ a Fair Word to Use?
It defies belief that ECC’s closure by ‘constructive eviction’ of Summerway and the Orchard has had no effect on the size of the local gangs of vandals.
Is ECC Promoting Gang Culture?
Club representatives have been told that ECC and DCC intend to create a cycle route across the new Summerway Park. Would this be irresponsible?
Is creating a Cycle Route irresponsible?