Is Cornwall dying?

I was born in Newquay in 1967. Raised through a strong resonating tourism industry, where almost every household in and around Newquay offered B & B, including my own parents. This was a vital service to the economic region, above and beyond the Hotel businesses themselves, and when Newquay was full to capacity, it really was, with an ocean of families, couples, and yes the just as important 18-30 sector with THE MOST DISPOSABLE INCOME! Oh, and the Council made a killing on it too (even though they always seem to spend it everywhere other than Newquay)!

Over the last 15 years or so, I have had to sit and watch while the local chamber of commerce fades into an impotent almost not entity, whilst whingers and folk who have no vested interest in the local economy itself, have tried to destroy our tourism trade by attempting to shut everything down, and create their own little retirement paradise, devoid of tourism and jobs, and on top of that, the Police seem to want to shut it all down as well to reduce their work load - to hell with the local economy!

Please, whatever Cornwall decides for the future, don't be pie in the sky; please approach this with a well focused, pragmatic and economy based business brain, and stop spending millions of our hard earned Council Tax cash on ridiculously pointless projects, and put that money where it really makes a difference. Oh wait, don't tell me - the money has to be spent on that or we don't get an allocation next year! Hmmmmm?