by Sharon Collingwood | Oct 5, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government |
The problem with affordable housing is that nobody seems to know what it is. I’m not saying the City hasn’t been working on housing. Look at the Attainable Housing Project Summary Report, published in May of 2023. That took some time to be acted on, but it led to the...
by Sharon Collingwood | Sep 17, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government |
Link to meeting video & minutes Sometimes I complain about Council, but last week they really earned their salary: the meeting lasted nearly five hours. So much talking. Sitting in the audience, it was pretty easy to imagine being in a homeless shelter entrance,...
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 12, 2025 | Open Government |
With the retirement of Joan Thompson, the City of Stratford is looking for a new CAO. This is not just another boring administrative detail, but an extremely important step for us, as Loreena McKennitt made clear in a recent presentation to Council. The CAO...
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 10, 2025 | Open Government |
This is a very geeky post, written for fellow activists responsible for the data their organization collects. For those who are just interested in whether the U.S. government is peeking in to their personal affairs, here’s a short summary of what we learned for...
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 3, 2025 | Open Government |
“We hope this is a blip,and not a trend to more secrecy.” Last month Mike Sullivan spoke at the Stratford Rotary Club on Get Concerned Stratford’s role in the 2020 Glass Factory issue. Club member Rheo Thompson obtained a copy of the book, ‘A...
