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LETTERS: Other cities ask questions

Editor: The city of Port Coquitlam consults with its residents about where they want money spent
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Editor:

I recently read that the city of Port Coquitlam consults with its residents about where they want money spent, most notably through a budget summary sent to every home, which generates about 1,400 responses a year.

The city then uses that feedback to determine less-popular spending areas where savings can be found.

The population of Port Coquitlam is almost three times the size of White Rock’s.

This is certainly a novel idea.

I wonder what other things we can learn from others cities on how they engage their citizens of public policies.

Jordan Lister, White Rock