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James O'Grady
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I am the founder of Unpublished Media Inc., a company I started in 2012. I am also a communications professional and community activist, living in Nepean, Ontario. And, I am a hockey goaltender, political hack and most importantly, an advocate for grassroots, participatory democracy at all levels of government.

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Re: Joanne Chianello: A tale of two mayors

June 20, 2013

This is my comment on Joanne Chianello's column today comparing and contrasting Ottawa's mayor Jim Watson with Calgary's mayor Naheed Nenshi.

The public consultation format Calgary used to spend the $52 Million is the same approach I recommended during the Lansdowne Live public consultation debacle in 2009. I also made this recommendation in an interview with Mark Sutcliffe on CFRA at the time. You can read it here: http://bit.ly/11accvs.

Nenshi is correct when he says this is the 'right way' to consult the public. Its also easy, transparent, accountable, engaging and most importantly, fun!

When was the last time anyone had fun at a City of Ottawa public consultation meeting?

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