𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

Two weeks ago, media across B.C. covered the Province's announcement of a two-year, $16 million expansion of the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative.

The City of Kamloops chose to issue its own news release.

Instead of simply explaining what the announcement means for residents, nearly half the release was devoted to highlighting Council's advocacy, with Deputy Mayor Mike O'Reilly saying Council "looks forward to building on this work."

With Councillor Mike O'Reilly running for Mayor and all but one member of Council already seeking re-election, City Hall and Council should remember:

𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.