So writes Matt Stickland in The Coast
“One of the recurring complaints about citizen participation at municipal meetings is that it’s hard—logistically and practically taxing—to speak at public meetings. It’s hard for people who work the 9-to-5 grind to speak on a weekday at 10am, 1pm or 6pm. And it’s hard for people on the fringes, the Ecum Secums of the world, to drive two hours to City Hall, just to speak for five minutes. But that all changes today…” .
Read more in It’s never been easier to yell at councillors by Matt Stickland in The Coast, Nov 14, 2023
Thx Matt, Thx HRM