More so than the previous versions of City Council, this current collection of Prince Rupert City Council members are relying more and more on Social Media to spread word of their ambitions and provide updates for community residents as to items of note that are related to civic issues.
That reliance on social media has increased greatly during the COVID-19 situation, with reduced access to City Hall and calls for making for Social distance as part of the civic response over the last few months.
That of course means that there is some distance between residents and their elected officials; or at least those that use Social Media (a good number of Prince Rupert residents are still not fans of Facebook and other online options and could be getting left on the side of the information highway here).
As a result of that shift in focus for information sharing, some residents are making use of the Facebook postings to ask questions on a range of issues, but whether the response at times is timely or public remains somewhat unknown.
Two items of note pop to the top of the list of late, with a pair of Prince Rupert residents using the Mayor's most recent Facebook message celebrating the launch of the City's Official Community Plan to ask a couple of key quesitons of other newsworthy items.
In recent days, the Mayor's Social media platform has seen a request for more information related to the city's ongoing water issues from Shawatlans Lake, as well as the progress the city has found when it comes to bringing a Conservation Service Officer to town.
As we noted this morning, the lack of updates on the Water situation has left some residents confused as the status for their water.
While the conservation officer issue is a frequent topic for City Council, the current focus has come after the recent dispatch of a wandering bear in the city by the RCMP.
So far however, both inquiries from the city's residents have yet to result in a response from the Mayor ...
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