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  Sorry Sue, but to address your objections, they don't really amount to much in comparison to the potential benefits listed earlier.
  
  
  "It is unsightly will take up a lot of space in The Market Square"
  
  It's on a pillar that people can walk round. It will block less pavement area than the Christmas Tree and may take someone an entire extra second to walk around.
  
  "Will discourage people who use our Musuem and Discovery Centre .Its bad enough now going past the Eight Bells" .
  
  Why? Imagine if the Bronze Age Boat were to be advertised on the screen with an arrow pointing to the museum? It should increase visitors, not deter them by attracting them to the Market Square and showing what is available.
  
  "Ask some of the people whp have comerrcial business in that area One Estate Agent was at the Planninmg meeting" .
  
  And they said...?
  
  "There will be an ongoing cost .
  
  Just over £6k per year until after the Olympics, less than a new streetlamp in Ashford and peanuts to DDC.
  
  "It is i n the wrong place ."
  
  This I agree with you. Pencester Park would be a better location, but if we have no choice in the initial setting up, then we should get it installed and worry about moving it later.
  
  "I have just spoken to my brother in law ..He lives in Cornwall .
  Apparantly never goes to Plymouth these days as it has gone down hill.Truro is nonow the hub ."
  
  I have a friend in New Zealand, he says it is very nice.

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