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

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From: john_beamish
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <36ec8d8a.37746657@news.supernews.com>,
  rutat@cadvision.com wrote:

> Yeah, just like Henry Ford's axiom" "you can have any colour
> as long as it is black".

A not inappropriate analogy.

> The construction of the City of Calgary's web site, is,
> quite frankly irrelevant.  Surely the bozos running that can
> figure out how to allow at least limited access.  Web hits
> aren't exactly rocket science.
>

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?
How long has it been denying access?  Did you get any joy at all when
contacting City Council to find out when access will be restored?

> Well, by law they _have_ to (though not necessarily on the
> web).

I wasn't clear, then.  I meant "on the web".

> 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.

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