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LETTER: Efficiency is not more important than democratic right to know

Dear Editor : Re: Alan Nixon's letter.

Dear Editor:

Re: Alan Nixon's letter.

I can't believe that we elected a councillor who thinks that "effective and efficient administration of the taxpayer's best interest" is more important than our democratic right to know what's going on in council!

May I suggest they are of equal importance. How can I know if the meetings and decisions made are "collaborative, constructive and productive" when I'm not there because more than half are secret?

As a member of the public what I am seeing is a council that is prodevelopment and unconcerned about the effect this approach has on the rapidly declining quality of life in the District of North Vancouver. Try venturing out on our roads any day after about 3 p.m. But what do I know?

I'm not invited to 47 of the supposedly "constructive, respectful" meetings as they discuss issues that affect my life.

Lesley Brooks

North Vancouver