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Should police authorities be disbanded in favour of a police and crime commissioner role?

Created on Friday, 02/Nov/2012

Yes

14.7%

No

72.7%

Have both

6.0%

Don't know

6.7%

Devon County Council is to charge £10 for a disabled drivers badge, which has been free previously. Is it right disadvantaged people should have to pay?

Created on Thursday, 15/Mar/2012

Yes, right to charge

49.1%

No, wrong to charge

50.0%

Don't know

0.9%

A new work training centre could soon open in Newton Abbot. With demand for this type of facility seemingly on the increase, is this the way forward for industrial education?

Created on Thursday, 01/Mar/2012

Yes

75.7%

No

13.5%

Don't know

10.8%

Should Whitecleaves Quarry, Buckfastleigh, be turned into a site for the storage and processing of industrial waste?

Created on Wednesday, 22/Feb/2012

Yes

60.6%

No

38.8%

Don't know

0.6%

A grant is available to clean up and legalise the Haldon travellers' site, there without planning permission. Should tax payers' money be used for this sort of purpose?

Created on Thursday, 12/Jan/2012

Yes

12.5%

No

87.5%

Don't know

0.0%

Vandalism in Newton Abbot appears as rife as ever. Do the authorities do enough to try to prevent it, or is it a malady to which there is no ultimate answer?

Created on Friday, 01/Jul/2011

Yes, they do enough

12.2%

No, they do not do enough

69.1%

There is no answer

18.6%

Devon County Council is considering making householders pay on site for dumping extra waste from the household, like asbestos and tyres. Is this fair or should using the tip remain free?

Created on Friday, 18/Mar/2011

Fair, should be a payment

25.2%

Unfair, should remain free

74.0%

Don't know

0.8%

THE thaw has set in after days of freezing conditions. How do you rate the authority's handling of the conditions in this area?

Created on Thursday, 30/Dec/2010

Excellent

11.1%

Good

25.3%

Average

16.2%

Poor

47.5%

The government is to discuss the scrapping of anti social behaviour orders, the court orders that impose specific social conditions on offenders. But should they be scrapped or do they perform a useful service

Created on Friday, 06/Aug/2010

Should be scrapped

36.3%

Should not be scrapped

58.2%

Don't know

5.5%

Teignbridge Council has agreed to share its chief executive with another authority, effectively making the post part time. Was it necessary, then, to have had a full time post in the first place?

Created on Friday, 21/May/2010

Yes

10.1%

No

82.3%

Don't know

7.6%

Teignbridge Council says it has learned lessons from hosting the huge Muse gigs in Teignmouth last September. So should the authority be actively seeking to bring more such high-profile events to the area?

Created on Friday, 16/Apr/2010

Yes, such events are needed

94.6%

No, such events are unnecessary

2.2%

Don't know

3.2%

Exeter has been told it can go it alone as a unitary authority. Will this weaken the county, or will it make little difference?

Created on Friday, 12/Feb/2010

Will weaken the county

84.8%

Will not weaken the county

10.1%

Don't know

5.1%

Should Haldon Hill and Telegraph Hill have under-road heating installed to combat snow and ice, as has been called for this week by a county councillor?

Created on Friday, 22/Jan/2010

Yes

42.6%

No

55.7%

Don't know

1.6%

There might be a thaw now, but in general do you think the authorities coped well with the recent blizzard and icy conditions or not?

Created on Friday, 15/Jan/2010

Coped well

37.5%

Did not cope well

62.5%

Don't know

0.0%

Should telecoms firms pay a levy to keep a network of public pay phones going?

Created on Friday, 13/Nov/2009

Yes

64.7%

No

34.1%

Don't know

1.2%

Should Dartmoor National Park Authority allow John Dance to keep his golf course as a charity venture?

Created on Friday, 23/Oct/2009

Yes

94.6%

No

5.1%

Don't know

0.3%

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