A community clamouring for real public engagement
Feb 23, 2017 · 5 min read
(This column was originally published at www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com on February 23, 2017.)
It seems to be understood by almost everyone that public engagement is fundamentally broken in Peterborough.
The examples tumble off the tongue. Hostile and exhausting public meetings on The Parkway, the casino and the sale of PDI. A six-hour council debate (I was counting, I was there) on a cats-and-backyard-chickens bylaw few people had heard about, let alone had a chance to comment on until the week of the vote.
