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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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"Olson, Mark" <olsonm@cadvision.com> wrote:
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>I am suspicious that technology is being used as the scapegoat here.  As
>Tom noted, popularity is not a logical reason so shut down a site.
>

Bingo!

>I suspect that either privacy issues came up (my understanding was that
>you could look up the assessment of any property in the city),

That information (AVAILABILITY MANDATORY BY LAW - Municipal
Government Act RSA 1995) is available at the rolls in the
city hall and selected areas around town.  Concerns over
privacy resulted in the reduction of available info from the
paper rolls, so that can't be it.

> or the
>information available was causing more problems for the assessment folks
>than it solved.
>

Man... you are spot on today!  Make it easy to get
information and people might actually ask intelligent
questions.

>However, I will be the first to admit that this is uninformed
>speculation on my part.  Anyone out there with some more solid
>information they could share?
>

Well, the City of Calgary and my Alderman don't have an
answer.  

Tom


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