Better caretaking of Cornwall

I see that others have raised concerns about the destruction caused by over tourism and housebuilding and I echo those concerns. Tourism is not what is often been promised. We need real jobs and we do have the talent here and the opportunities too if they are encouraged to blossom. We need better broadband to allow for this. We need a 'bed' or tourist' tax to help put right the destruction we can all see happening around us. We all pay it when we go abroad on holiday and so why not here? I know that many tourist jobs are taken by seasonal worker who come here for the work. This isn't creating local employment. Much of the money raised leaves and is gobbled up by big companies. We pay quite large rates and we should be listened to more and not ignored all the time as we seem to be. Can Cornwall Council start asking us before buying in expensive up country consultants? Can our Councillors start speaking out for us rather than big business interests? What on earth is going on in Cornwall Council planning department? Some of what is being built is an utter eyesore and so out of character. There seems to be a free for all going on with those with the most money being allowed to do what they want. We need more respect to be shown for our natural environment and a little less self entitlement. In summer, the traffic fumes where we live is unbearable and we are obliged to shut windows to prevent petrol and diesel fumes overwhelming our home from the rows of static cars driven by tourists attempting to get to the beaches. The lockdown was a real eye opener. The virus has been an absolute tragedy but it did reveal a better environment than many of us have witnessed in a good many years. Please, please can something be done about the thousands of second holiday homes which are hollowing out our communities? And as someone else pointed out, please can we have a better local media? Something reliable for a change and not the old guff we read and depend upon for our news at the moment. Surely the efforts of a few councillors could achieve this? After all, we pay enough for all these things!