Public inquiries at council meetings are good entertainment
KAMLOOPS — IF YOUR SCHEDULE doesn’t allow you the time to take in Music in the Park or other local entertainment, the Public Inquiries section of City council meetings is a good alternative.
At each Tuesday council meeting, citizens are allowed to stand up and ask questions, which are supposed to be about “the business of the meeting,” though they often have nothing to do with it.
Nevertheless, the questions and comments are frequently thoughtful and informative. Things like housing, drug addictions, wildfires and the Trans Mountain pipeline come up. At one memorable meeting, a resident berated council for talking in camera about a proposal for a farmers’ market in the Heritage House parking lot — the project was a news flash for everyone but council.