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We hope to use this page to provide an ongoing perspective on city governance. We acknowledge that we are not unbiased, but we believe our contribution will be valuable. We’re building a list of specific concerns at the bottom of this page.
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City of Secrets: why you should be worried about the NDA
Imagine you are a municipal councillor, perhaps just starting out, and you are presented with a document to sign as part of a negotiation with a company. You are told that that the language in the contract is “standard boilerplate,” to protect professional secrets, a...
Charlie Brown and the municipal football
It’s the nature of city government to want control. That’s not always a bad thing, but how much control is needed in City discussions with residents? The Stratford City website has been a bone of contention for years. Posts are sometimes unclear. Things are hard to...
Time for a new integrity commissioner
Letter to the editorPublished August 11, 2021 in the The Beacon Herald It’s time for a new Stratford integrity commissioner. Yesterday’s farcical report by Stratford’s integrity commissioner is the clearest example yet of the need for new blood to run this city. By...
New Letters Unearthed
by Jamie Gibb and Mike Sullivan Read the letters Our stash of uncovered correspondence between the city, township, and county and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing increased when the Beacon Herald uncovered the Mayor’s letters of Nov 20, 2018, March 11,...