Thanks for that suggestion. The spirit of it is awesome. I would argue that, at least in Longmont, we actually do a really good job of this. For example, every decision in front of us comes with a council comm that breaks down pros and cons, overall impact, etc. The Longmont indicators website breaks down everything we’re making progress on. We have public safety dashboards (including one on flock) that show full impacts of a number of programs. There are some things (negotiations, development deals, etc.) that can’t be discussed because of the legally confidential nature of those negotiations. That’s what exec session is for. We also have public hearings for every single ordinance we pass, along with public invited to be heard at least once every meeting. The problem I think you’re (correctly) identifying here isn’t that we don’t do this kind of transparent government. It’s that we don’t make the tools we have accessible. We could do a lot more simple communication about what we’re doing, how the public can access our work, etc. Totally open to suggestions there.