http://www.claire-wright.org/index.php/post/cabinet_rubber-stamps_public_speaking_restriction/
The democratic deficit widens and widens. Officers and Cabinet now decide things behind closed doors and in defiance of committees.
What exactly is the point of being a non-Cabinet councillor now? Just rubber stamp fodder.
[…] A serious clampdown on the spontaneity of public questions was decided yesterday at Knowle. Questions must now be submitted in writing, two days in advance. The electorate waits to see if the quality of answers, commonly unsatisfactory and often evasive, will be affected. More comment can be found on today’s SIN blog: https://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/another-nail-in-the-coffin-of-democracy-in-e… […]
Sidmouth Independent News 
This is not just a stupid decision for it’s own sake, it is a stupid decision to make as an election approaches.
Be sure, all of those at EDDC who pop in here to see what’s going on, that it will be highlighted time and time again come election time.