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Saint John City Hall is too quiet. What's going on?

Your City Hall has been too quiet, right?

Good morning from the Fundy shore — the tide's turning, and so is New Brunswick. Let's get into it.

I'll tell you what, this past week down at Saint John City Hall has been a real head-scratcher. We've been looking for any kind of new civic data, right? Something to sink our teeth into, a new report on property assessments or maybe even a little update on the latest potholes on Rothesay Avenue. Anything!

But, as you’ve heard all week, the well's been dry. The City’s open data portal, usually a decent enough spot for the curious among us, has been, well, quiet. And when the portal's quiet, it usually means City Hall itself is keeping its cards close to its chest.

So what does that mean for us on the Fundy shore?

* No new public insights into city spending. * No fresh stats on local development projects. * No updates on the ongoing debate about the future of Market Slip.

It's a strange kind of silence, right? Makes you wonder what's bubbling under the surface that they're not quite ready to share. On dit souvent ici que quand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent. Maybe someone’s just tidying up. Or maybe, and this is just a thought, maybe there’s nothing to report at all, and they’re just enjoying a bit of a lull before the next big thing rolls in, like a fog bank over the harbour.

Good morning from the Fundy shore — the tide's turning, and so is New Brunswick. Let's get into it.

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