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Your City Hall is quiet. What are they hiding?

Your City Hall really quieted down, eh?

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

Right, if you've been reading the Morning Wire this week, you've probably noticed a pattern developing down at Saint John City Hall. It's been quieter than a clam at low tide, I'll tell you what. We haven't seen much in the way of new civic data coming through, and the open data portal? Well, it's been a bit of a ghost town.

It makes you wonder what's going on behind those big doors on Charlotte Street, doesn't it? For a city that's supposed to be growing, this silence is a bit… *intriguing*.

### On the Home Front

The one area that *has* been buzzing, though, is real estate.

* Everyone's talking about how to make buying or selling a home here in Saint John a smoother ride.

* The Canadian Real Estate Association, CREA, has been putting out ideas to simplify the process.

* It's a big topic when folks are either looking for a place or selling off that old family home near Rockwood Park.

It’s clear that while the halls of power might be quiet, the folks living and working here are still very much active, especially when it comes to finding a spot to put down roots.

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

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