What does Paignton need the most?

By seashopper at 15:16 on 15/01/10

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What does Paignton need the most?

By seashopper at 15:16 on 15/01/10
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A DECENT NIGHTCLUB

By mickyboy11 at 15:22 on 15/01/10
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I'll second that!

By thomasmact at 10:17 on 18/01/10
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Lower business rates and scrap the parking metres. We might just salvage our town centre then!!

By pennypaignton at 08:48 on 20/01/10
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An outdoor swimming pool. It would be a nice alternative for holiday makers in the summer - especially for those with kids.

By hippychic1 at 11:45 on 12/02/10
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1. A NEW WINDMILL ON TOP OF THE FLAGSHIP.

2. NEW PUBLIC SHELTERS.

3. AN ISLAND MIDWAY BETWEEN BERRY HEAD AND THATCHER ROCK.

By lokal1 at 19:55 on 14/02/10
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A nice bowling alley to save taking the kids to Torquay every week!

By jroper at 10:50 on 17/02/10
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Ditch a few of the arcades would be a start

By baytec at 16:11 on 17/02/10
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1. Impose a Local Tourist Tax ( collected at every guest house and hotel )
as they do in Europe.

2. Demand "parking" fees on any oil tankers waiting offshore Torbay sheltering until oil pices rise.

3. Sell Thatcher Rock.

By lokal1 at 21:30 on 17/02/10
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Implement new required economic policy (due to exceptional market conditions)
to be lifted when Local Authority / National Debt is paid off.

1. Build Toll Stations at Monksbridge, Windy Corner, Totnes Road and The Ring Road.

2. Double mooring fees for any non-resident boat owners.

3. Privatise all beaches in Torbay.

4. Ban photography without a valid license issued by the Authority.

5. Issue "Torbay Letts" to permit limited local bartering as in Totnes.

By lokal1 at 22:06 on 17/02/10
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This is what we need most in the whole of Torbay..
Fully accountable public officials and spokespersons
in the new open and Independent Local Government of Torbay Borough.
Let their transparency shine through their hidebound sectetive habits, regulations, restrictions, Bye-laws and beaurocratic red tape, to be seen in all their glory by their paymasters.. us the Council Tax Payers !

By lokal1 at 18:22 on 20/02/10
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bureaucratic bureaucracy begets bureaucrats and occasional tables

By lokal1 at 18:32 on 20/02/10
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here here

By ttennis at 11:36 on 22/02/10
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We need the shops open. It's a ghost town, unless you count the 99p stores! Kill the taliban, aka, traffic wardens, reduce business rates to get biz people interested.
Torbay council: YOU GOTTA SPEND MONEY B4 IT'S TOO LATE FOR ALL OF US

By Cherwood Hotel at 15:40 on 23/02/10
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People seem to be sooo down on Paignton. Trust me the town has a lot more going for it than many. I've lived in a lot worse dead-end towns (mainly up north) before I settled down here. By the coast, great scenery, the zoo, plenty going on - is it really that bad?? Tell me a town centre that's not struggling... it's just a sign of times in general. Come on people chin up!!!!

By irene11 at 11:41 on 24/02/10
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Well, looks like we might be getting a Costa Coffee where pound world used to be in Victoria Street... Herald Express

By Paignton_news at 10:26 on 25/02/10
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Decent Shops. Cheap rates for locals at zoo etc...

By mrsflopsybun at 12:15 on 22/03/10
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Agree with you there Mrs Flopseybun (what a name!) the Zoo is pretty pricy so any help there would be appreciated.

By thecriddler at 13:04 on 22/03/10
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A council that cares

By nextmayor at 09:37 on 30/03/10
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A music/dvd chain or shop is needed me thinks.

By hippychic1 at 16:01 on 16/02/11
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Agree with hippychick - the 99p shop would be an ideal site - not the best first impression as people step off the train!

By ben_trevane at 01:07 on 31/03/11
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