Initially, I had no reason to be suspicious of anything, nor am I suggesting that there would be anything to be suspicious about.

I was simply asking a question, a question I felt entitled to ask, one that would be of some interest to people who pay their property taxes in Renfrew, Ontario.

It’s like standard journalism, the kind that existed before we were left with empty shells purporting to cover “news” at a local level.  The kind of stuff that goes beyond the old  “cat stuck in tree” slosh.  Something that’s maybe more than a short paragraph in length.

But this isn’t about local journalism, that would be a whole other story in its own right.  This is about a simple request for information that has been met with opposition, deflection, institutional ambiguity, and just good-old-fashioned bewilderment.  It’s like they have no idea how to respond. 

So they won’t.

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