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Your Saint John City Hall is quieter than the Reversing Falls.

Your City Hall's silence is getting loud, 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, it's been a funny old week down at Saint John City Hall. Or rather, it hasn't been funny at all, right? We've been looking for any kind of new civic data, any reports, anything that tells us what our elected officials are up to, and it's been quieter than a Sunday morning down by the Reversing Falls.

We've had some blustery weather, true, the kind that rattles the windows down by the Harbour Station. But even with the wind howling, you expect to hear *something* from the folks we've tasked with running the city.

The open data portal, usually a good spot for a peek behind the curtain, has been empty. It leaves you wondering, doesn't it? What's going on behind those big doors on Charlotte Street when there's nothing new to report? It makes you feel like you're out of the loop, and that's not how it should be.

This week, the big story *is* the lack of story. And that, frien', is a story in itself.

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

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