I watched some of the city council meeting on channel 317 last night. Channel 17 people take note- the audio was terrible. The horrible humming sound made the meeting extremely hard to pay attention to.
One of the things that occurred to me as I watched councilors discuss the non-disclosure agreement they want singed members of the Telecom Advisory Committee (what should actually be the telecom commission if BT were a proper Department) was just how much time and energy councilors are spending on Burlington Telecom. What other issues are getting less attention as a result?
(By the way- Having folks sign an NDA is a little silly in my opinion. Do councilors sign an NDA? If a document is confidential, mark it as such. An NDA would be superfluous to that, and it's unenforceable anyway.)
There is always a hidden story. Whatever it is people are paying attention to, it necessarily means their attention is diverted from something else.
It isn't just loads and loads of money that is at risk because of Burlington Telecom. Its cost also includes attention diverted from other priorities, and other potential opportunities we may never even know about. Opportunity costs, they're called.
Haik.
ReplyDeleteI guess most of the important missions happened last night in executive session.
Any word today that you have heard on the potential suit against the city etc? I have not been able to find info anywhere.
The suit against the city certainly was a new twist. Like all,I am not fully informed of what is happening with the suit, but it sure seems like it should be one more wake up call for the administration. Of course this administration seems to have an extra long snooze alarm.
I think they may have settled a couple of claims- maybe against the cops- at the end of the meeting yesterday. Not really sure, but I don't think those claims had anything to do with who the mayor happens to be.
ReplyDeleteNow I am totally confused.
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