Squashing requests for data

The city is squashing requests for data. There's a walkway that strolled straight through the city's bureaucracy, and requests for information come to a head at city hall. Plus, Mack makes news.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

65 Avenue Interchange

• New interchange to create jobs, attract investment

Chiarelli

• Oilers fire GM, president of hockey operations Peter Chiarelli

Photo Radar

• Edmonton photo radar tickets dropped 28% in 2 years: city

Commonwealth Walkways

• Council Report
• Princess Royal unveils Edmonton River Valley Tribute to the Queen

LRT Elevators

• Closed LRT station elevator frustrates Edmonton parents with stroller
• Facebook comments

Open Data & FOIP

• City staff argue provincial law prevents sharing open data on deadly collisions
• Elise Stolte: Stuck again. Getting answers from the City of Edmonton shouldn't be this hard

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