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Originally Posted by ynwa03
This is completely true if you are talking about a public project. If you're not, then it's not unreasonable to think the public should be involved in a bigger capacity in the decision.
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Respect your opinion but personally I totally disagree, politicians are elected to govern and if there are no clear laws regulations or policies stating that a specific type of decision requires a vote - it's within their mandate to make the decision from my perspective. Accountability in a democracy is supposed to be the next election (and the laws/guidelines in place).
Maybe there is a law in Calgary stating that if a project is with a private partner it requires a vote? I don't believe we have anything like that in Kelowna, the only time a vote is needed is where they plan to spend a significant chunk of money that needs to be borrowed, otherwise they are free to govern within their scope.