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Originally Posted by mikevbar1
I'd like to think there is at least some form of communication between the city, developers and the communities their decisions will affect. Unfortunately a development mailing list just doesn't seem like something cities are interested in paying for, especially Hamilton. That being said, the less the city shares with us the more we can be surprised by projects like this  |
Yeah, the cost/hassle involved would probably be too much for this burgh. And we can sift through council minutes and meeting materials at our leisure.
There are also counsellors who would fret about special interest groups and lobbyists who may become annoying should they get their prodding fingers on city reports and presentations. Why make it easier for the "activists"
But in an era of [supposedly] "open data" and "open government" I don't think it would be that much trouble to set up an automated email alerting people on a list that something was posted to the city website. We pay for that stuff.