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Op-ed: How can we trust a City Council that won’t explain its votes?
We recently ran an experiment to see whether our City Council would respond to questions from the public and explain its decisions. The result should concern anyone who cares about accountability in San Jose as they consider their choices in the upcoming election. Our group, No Digital Billboards in San Jose, is a coalition of... The post Op-ed: How can we trust a City Council that won’t explain its votes? appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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We recently ran an experiment to see whether our City Council would respond to questions from the public and explain its decisions. The result should concern anyone who cares about accountability in San Jose as they consider their choices in the upcoming election. Our group, No Digital Billboards in San Jose, is a coalition of... The post Op-ed: How can we trust a City Council that won’t explain its votes? appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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According to San Jose Spotlight’s linked report, Op-ed: How can we trust a City Council that won’t explain its votes?, We recently ran an experiment to see whether our City Council would respond to questions from the public and explain its decisions. The result should concern anyone who cares about accountability in San Jose as they consider their choices in the upcoming election. Our group, No Digital Billboards in San Jose, is a coalition of… The post Op-ed: How can we trust a City Council that won’t explain its votes? appeared first on San José Spotlight .
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