Ask anyone what they think the most important job of a City is and they will probably say something that includes the words ‘roads’, ‘bridges’, and ‘sewers’. It is without question that the biggest bill the city faces in terms of tangible, in-your-face, infrastructure is maintaining and replacing those three general things.  So it follows that when the public …
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Paying for Information and Influence
I am no philosopher, nor am I even a scholar in democracy or politics, but I do like to know the numbers… and as a politician, I like to see transparency. Â So I like to submit freedom of information requests when I get a chance. Pay for Information I submitted a somewhat detailed FOI Request …
After Public Input – Now come the hard decisions – Alternate title: Do you really want an 11% increase?
So over the weekend and today I’ve been going through the latest input from you, the public, about what you like and don’t like about the City, and what you feel needs to be done or not done. If I thought before that that input would make my decision easier now I know for sure, …