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 admin | Jul 12, 2025 | Get Concerned Perth County, Open Government |
In 2012, a development proposal for a patch of farmland on Sebringville’s edge wasquietly shelved. The project faced a wall of provincial safeguards: a firm EnvironmentalAssessment process, strict groundwater protection rules, and a public system that,...
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...
by admin | Mar 28, 2025 | Open Government |
When we are down and things look dark, Canadians often think of the words of our national guru, Red Green. Always a wise councillor, he advised, “If the women don’t find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy.” We have all memorized these words, and we know...
