The more I consider this site, the more I wonder why Wellington does not already have one that puts policies out to the people, allows feedback, and helps the Council with decision-making. (I realize there are great Wellington blogs out there—what I mean specifically is one set up by the city.) While I know there’s a tendency for blogs to attract some of the more extreme views—I have been blogging since 2003 and have seen the decline into mud-slinging in some quarters—the city needs something like this.
   While Wellington is one of the few places where you can check the government value of your home online, we need to build on this, and let people have a real voice. Transparency and even more representative democracy should be things we demand of our city. And we can use technology to get them.

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