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  This might be just a little controversial but perhaps we should remember that 'council' property is actually property belonging to the people of the district. It is acquired by the councils on behalf of the people and maintained out of the peoples taxes on their behalf. People do not want their money spent on expensive reports and studies into what is already obvious, they want it spent on maintaining and improving their services. Playgrounds are a vital part of childhood and provide exercise and lessons in social inter-action and thus need to be maintained. Saying that there will still be some left does not take away from the fact that some of those close to peoples homes, where the children can be safely within earshot, are going to be closed. This is too much like Thanet Liesures statement when they took over the running of the town hall, 'it will not be closing it just won't be open as often. We do not need semantics we need playgrounds for our children. If DDC do not want the responsibility they should pass them on to other bodies that do, at the end of the day they will still belong to the people that elect us.

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