Council & Committee Meetings are Now Streamed on the Internet!
This was one of my major pet peeves. After all, how do citizens keep their politicians honest if they can’t even see them doing their jobs? Well, it was fixed with the January budget. You will be able to see all Council and Standing Committee meetings streamed live right here: http://www.milton.ca/execserv/video2011/live_video.php. These will be archived as well. I really wanted this to pass unanimously but hey, at least it passed. I have a feeling councillors will no longer “forget” how they voted on different issues :). ...
Read MoreWhat does a councillor do
While canvassing, I often get asked about what a councillor actually does. Anyone can make general statements (they run the municipal government, they represent their constituents). Let me give specifics that separate good councillors from bad ones. It’s important to look at your council candidates and their past behaviour to determine what type of councillor they’ll make. Councillors solve problems for constituents. Good councillors take a planned and systematic approach to decision-making, often anticipating problems and solving them before they arise. ...
Read MoreCouncil Meeting Last Night
The Council meeting last night had an issue with stop signs. Some residents on an intersection wanted a stop-sign there. The staff did a study and realized that the traffic volume did not warrant a stop sign (a confusion around stop sign is that stop signs are used to determine ‘right-of-way’. They cannot be used to control speed. In fact, studies show that poorly placed stop signs actually cause people to drive faster between them to make up for lost time). The council sided with traffic engineers and voted against putting stop signs. This brings up an interesting...
Read MoreWeb-stream these meetings already!
I got ready to go to the 7:30pm Council meeting today. At 7:10pm the babysitting deal fell through. It’s the third Council meeting I had to miss because I could not find babysitters (my wife has classes on Monday nights this semester). How hard can it be to stream these meetings online? Put a $500 camera connected to a computer and stream the video. Heck I will go set it up for the town. It’s 2010! I was video chatting with family ten years ago. Talk about being antiquated!
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