Keep Steve\'s Sign!

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   Name: Julian And Sandra on Sep 12, 2007

   Comments: Steve, this is probably the first of many encounters you will have with officialdom during your life. Don't let them get you down - keep pushing for common sense and exceptions over the bland application and enforcement of rules and regulations. Go on- make a difference out there! Love Mum and Dad xxx

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   Name: Steve Horsey on Sep 27, 2007

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   Name: Darren Moloney on Sep 27, 2007

   Comments: Local councillors are in my opinion a complete waste of space and money ran by interfering do gooders who couldn't get on in the real world the rest of us live in. I'd rather see a young lad being pro-active in life than sat around town harrassing locals. But then the council prefer to "save" people from themselves - a clear sign of the Nanny State we live in. Good for you Steve, tell SDC to go stick it!!!

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   Name: Marc Farrell on Sep 27, 2007

   Comments: absolutely ridiculous that the council have now become jobsworths!!!!!!

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   Name: Anonymous on Sep 27, 2007

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   Name: Sandra Pennyfather on Sep 27, 2007

   Comments: I think that young enterprise should be encouraged and a compromise found. I am happy to support in any way that i can.

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   Name: Stuart Edmonstone on Sep 27, 2007

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   Name: Ross Dallimore on Sep 27, 2007

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   Name: Chris Tabb on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Steve Jones on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: This feels a little like a vendetta against the local young. Is Cheddar such a perfect place this is the most important thing for councillors to be worrying about

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    Name: R Abrams on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Support for children doing constructive things in the community should be encouraged.

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    Name: Anonymous on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Nick Roper on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: We should be encouraging youngsters like Steve rather than stifling their enthusiasm. I know for a fact that Steve actually puts a lot of hard work not only into his own ambitions to be self-supporting, but also into contributing to community projects as well. I would agree that more properly managed and responsibly operated facilities for young people would be great.

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    Name: Jim Hardcastle on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Andrew Wear on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: young lads like steve need to be encouraged not the opposite, especially by the local council

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    Name: Colin Evans on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Simon Childs on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: It seems somwhat draconian of SDC to take such action against a 13 year old lad who is simply using his spare time positively rather than hanging around the streets.

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    Name: Anonymous on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Not doing any harm!

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    Name: Anonymous on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Not doing any harm!

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    Name: Mike Belch on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Steve is an example to others of his age and his entrepreneurial spirit should be encouraged not be stifled by petty bureaucracy. Last week I mentioned his sign to a PCSO in the village who expressed the exact same opinion. If the Parish Council and Sedgemoor want to act to make Cheddar a better place they should do something about the drug dealing and consumption which takes place around the public toilets on Station Road, or they should divert their attention to getting better recreational facilities for young people - such as a skate park.

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    Name: Tom Roper on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Its a bloody cheek if you ask me, keep selling your stuff steve!!! and if they come nosing about, pour it on their heads! Now theres a picture I'd like to see!!!

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    Name: Jayne Gooch on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Why don't Council members `get a life'! Instead of encouraging initiative in the young they want to squash it. I know where Steve should be delivering his muck - and I'll pay for it!

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    Name: Christopher Inge on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: This would and should have been an opportunity for bureaucracy to show it has a human face. The relevant officer and portfolio holder must now save their blushes by meeting Steve on-site and finding a way to accommodate his legitimate business aspirations. Instead of kicking him in the teeth, Sedgemoor should be giving him a grant and promoting his business as a case study of public sector acumen.

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    Name: Hugh Shelly on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Nigel Cook on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: I agree with all the points above. Bureaucracy with the associated stupidity it seems to engender is stifling our society. People on councils should be taking a lead in promoting and supporting young people who are contributing to their communities, it might help set an example for those who aren't!

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    Name: John Paul Edgington on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Andrew Stinchcomb on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Lets encourage entrepeneurship in young people. This is a constructive and productive way of investing his time. He is causing absolutely no harm or nuisance to anyone, on the contrary, he is providing a service, using his initiative and doing so in a manner which is not intrusive to anybody.

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    Name: Jamie Harrison on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Simon Kearsley on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: This is wrong. It's almost an abuse of power in the way that it is using the planning process in a way that was never intended at the outset. Rather than simply banning things why not work WITH Steve to iron out any problems and encourage more people to do the same tjhing

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    Name: Shaun Desmond on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Tony Collingwood on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: Why shouod Steve reomove his sign. Surely Cheddar has much more important things to worry about...Meanwhile lets encourage our youngsters to do something useful in their spare time, and at the same time allocate some money to provide a loacl facility that they can all use and enjoy.

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    Name: Matt Neale on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Samantha Hart on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Paul Hart on Sep 27, 2007

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    Name: Kieren Simmons on Sep 27, 2007

    Comments: The council are more intrested in wasting there time in solving small things than getting the real problems sorted i support steve 100% its about time someone does somthing about it!!!

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    Name: Jem Ham on Sep 28, 2007

    Comments: I couldnt agree more, give the lad a break. It was alright for some dirty layabouts to occupy the layby for weeks on end creating a filthy mess but when a young lad has a bright idea and tries to sell the horse manure he is made to take down his sign. As for the bike ramps, if the kids of Cheddar were given somewhere to play they wouldnt need to erect their own facilities. So come on Sedgemoor, whoever is responsible for making these ridiculous decisions, get off your fat arses and get a life. Unfortunately im afraid that whoever it is will as usual hide behind the collective organisation and that these pathetically weak sort of decisions will continue to annoy common,decent folk.

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    Name: Lyndon Bull on Sep 28, 2007

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    Name: Simon Parry on Sep 28, 2007

    Comments: I am sure local concillors and planning officers have far more pressing issues to pursue than a young lad with energy and enthusiasm who wants to build a local business, Sedgmoor should be encouraging local business not supressing it.

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    Name: Pat & Dave Russell on Sep 28, 2007

    Comments: We fully support Steve in his endeavour and hard work and feel that he should be given every encouragement to continue his work.

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    Name: Steven McCarthy on Sep 28, 2007

    Comments: Asking Steven to remove a sign which is a clear sign of original and resourceful use of his time just because someone compained about it sems to me to be a crass waste of time and money. Why is our local council so determined to stop one teenager fron using his time in the positive and useful creation of wealth I hope that you will reconsider and in future aim to use our money more effectively and especially in the provision of constructive recreational resources and sites.

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    Name: Anonymous on Sep 28, 2007

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    Name: Anonymous on Sep 28, 2007

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    Name: Paul Callow on Sep 28, 2007

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    Name: Andy Page on Sep 29, 2007

    Comments: Steve is showing initiative and enterprise and society should encourage him and make a positive example of him. Nobody is above the law, but there should be a reasonable interpretation of the letter of the law in cases such as this. 'Lighten up' Sedgemoor!

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    Name: Stuart Swann on Sep 29, 2007

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    Name: Cheryl Lindell on Sep 30, 2007

    Comments: How petty! It's a shame they don't have more important things to do with their time. Good luck Steve

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    Name: Pat Wiltshire on Sep 30, 2007

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 1, 2007

    Comments: vital to allows this possibility for young people to entertain themselves and be active - instead of sitting on the monument or in front of the public toilets smoking and drinking.

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    Name: Andrew Skyrme on Oct 1, 2007

    Comments: Don't be so petty! Leave the kid alone to run his business. Don't you wish all children were this creative with their time

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    Name: Graham Ross on Oct 1, 2007

    Comments: Unless there is some valid reason such as safety then Mr. Sayer should be allowed to do this. It is this sort of enterprising and structured activity we want our young adults to be doing.

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