Sorry about the late response btw. Have just found my way to your substack. The article is still very relevant wrt to some of the oddities of Council processes and the way discussions/ thinking can get channelled.
Thanks Simon. Wow! I can't believe that you are having to LGOIMA information presented to councillors. One might expect that the information would at least be available to Community Board members. And yes, I completely agree that having a "bang for buck" analysis as part of the conversation would give a bit more credence to the decision process. Even a "back of the envelope" estimate would have been better than the current nothing.
Sorry about the late response btw. Have just found my way to your substack. The article is still very relevant wrt to some of the oddities of Council processes and the way discussions/ thinking can get channelled.
Thanks Simon. Wow! I can't believe that you are having to LGOIMA information presented to councillors. One might expect that the information would at least be available to Community Board members. And yes, I completely agree that having a "bang for buck" analysis as part of the conversation would give a bit more credence to the decision process. Even a "back of the envelope" estimate would have been better than the current nothing.