“Here's an opportunity to have something forced out to you in the mail that, hopefully, you will take a moment to read or criticize or otherwise.”

“Is the intention each member of council has a section in the newsletter?” Councillor Miriam Mutton wondered.

“I think it's really important, given the importance of something like this, that we each have our voice.”

“You are literally reading my mind,” the mayor said.

Deputy Mayor Nicole Beatty agreed with the concept, but added that these messages should be “vetted through corporate comms.”.