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Re: How NOT to Use the Internet to Bolster Public Confidence

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From: Tom Ruta
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00
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john_beamish@my-dejanews.com wrote:
...
>Well, obviously to some, they are <g>.	I'm simply trying to allow for
>considerations like legislated hosting requirements particularly where FoI
>regulations may have an impact.  BTW, how long was the site allowing access?

They only had a demo up and that the real access to live
data would be available on March 8th.  .

>How long has it been denying access?  

Of course that never even happened, not for one stinking
minute.

>Did you get any joy at all when
>contacting City Council to find out when access will be restored?
>

City Hall is clueless.  They "claim" it will be fixed.  I
doubt that.

...
>> The point is that we have a systems that purports to
>> be accessible through technology yet it isn't.  What is
>> further galling is that the ads in Calgary continue to
>> trumpet this access even though it don't exist!  Our tax
>> dollars hard at work advertizing no existent systems...
>>
>
>Ah!  There is an interesting tidbit ... Calgary has been advertising this?!?!?
>Hmmmm, I may have to be less understanding.

Yeah - it is even on the assessment notices.  Just this past
weekend for example, they ran ads saying visit www.* to get
on-line access.  Some use of tax dollars.

Tom

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