<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Open and transparent government: Mayoral candidate Bill Beamish takes the test </title> <atom:link href="https://coastclarion.ca/open-and-transparent-government-mayoral-candidate-bill-beamish-takes-the-test/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://coastclarion.ca/open-and-transparent-government-mayoral-candidate-bill-beamish-takes-the-test/</link> <description>Independent news for Gibsons and the Sunshine Coast</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:40:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title> By: jezzie </title> <link>https://coastclarion.ca/open-and-transparent-government-mayoral-candidate-bill-beamish-takes-the-test/#comment-374</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[jezzie]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:37:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.coastclarion.ca/?p=2562#comment-374</guid> <description><![CDATA[When Wayne Rowe was mayor, he cut inquiries back from three to one during council meetings. Despite the definition of the word “inquiry” (the act or an instance of asking or seeking information, says Canadian Oxford), he also never answered a question. You could check that factoid in council minutes. Oh, wait a minute, no, you can’t. No record is kept of inquiries. Will Mayor Beamish and this council reinstate three inquiry opportunities? Will they actually answer taxpayers’ questions? Provide townspeople with the information they seek? And maybe they can look at ways around the reasons NOT to record inquiries. Talk to the manager of communications, who can be tasked with finding solutions to any “problems." Rowe also changed the procedures manual so that delegations were severely limited. Will the new mayor and council re-open the way for citizens to present information to council through delegations?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Wayne Rowe was mayor, he cut inquiries back from three to one during council meetings. Despite the definition of the word “inquiry” (the act or an instance of asking or seeking information, says Canadian Oxford), he also never answered a question. You could check that factoid in council minutes. Oh, wait a minute, no, you can’t. No record is kept of inquiries. Will Mayor Beamish and this council reinstate three inquiry opportunities? Will they actually answer taxpayers’ questions? Provide townspeople with the information they seek? And maybe they can look at ways around the reasons NOT to record inquiries. Talk to the manager of communications, who can be tasked with finding solutions to any “problems.”<br /> Rowe also changed the procedures manual so that delegations were severely limited. Will the new mayor and council re-open the way for citizens to present information to council through delegations?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>