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Originally Posted by Slava
But what's the point of that? Like in this example, they asked for input and got it. There were about 2700 responses, 6 of which were in favour and they're rolling ahead anyway. Why bother asking for the opinions of people if you plan to just ignore them anyway?
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Public engagement should be viewed as a means of surfacing different viewpoints to guide your decision-making processes, and not viewed as a means of voting in order for the data to make your decisions for you. That's why you elect a Councillor.