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Believe it or not, we aren’t the first ones to raise <br />this issue. as far back as 1972, the Bureau of <br />Municipal research published a report called <br />“Municipal gobbledegook” <br />February 1972 <br />‘Municipal goBBleDegook’ <br />“Public notices, rather than clearly informing people of decisions that are <br />pending, may only confuse or perhaps frustrate or even antagonize them. It is <br />too easy to view the notices as mere legal formalities. But they are much more. <br />These notices not only convey specific information to particular individuals, but <br />also are an important mechanism through which citizen participation may be <br />encouraged and informed or discouraged and possibly nipped in the bud”. <br />reaching ouT <br />the city often tries to communicate directly <br />with citizens, to share information and seek <br />opinions. could they do a better job? <br />case stuDy <br />When a new development is proposed for a <br />neighbourhood, members of the commu- <br />nity are invited to provide feedback.  This <br />requires the city to inform the neighborhood <br />using signage, posters or mailings.  But do <br />these materials really work?  <br />With small type, no colour, lousy graph- <br />ics (if any), and a lot of bureaucratic gob- <br />bledegook – it’s no wonder that people feel <br />uninformed. Imagine if businesses used the <br />same technique in their advertising: <br />Fun FacT! <br />From 2003 to 2010, the city <br />placed all their public notices <br />in the toronto star, the highest- <br />circulation newspaper in the city. in <br />october 2010, a decision was made <br />to switch all public notices to the <br />toronto sun, exclusively, despite <br />the star’s readership being twice as <br />high. the decision lasts until 2015. <br />Notice of Retail Purchase Opportunity <br />Our regional distribution centre has rece <br />i <br />v <br />e <br />d <br /> <br />n <br />o <br />t <br />i <br />c <br />e <br /> <br />that product #372G (running shoe) will <br />b <br />e <br /> <br />a <br />v <br />a <br />i <br />l <br />a <br />b <br />l <br />e <br /> <br />for retail purchase at certain locations, <br />a <br />s <br /> <br />o <br />f <br /> <br />O <br />c <br />t <br />o <br />b <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />2nd. Product 372G has a mesh and syn <br />t <br />h <br />e <br />t <br />i <br />c <br /> <br />n <br />y <br />l <br />o <br />n <br /> <br />material shell with a carbon rubber outer <br /> <br />s <br />o <br />l <br />e <br />. <br /> <br />T <br />h <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />sole has a circular "waffle" tread for tra <br />c <br />t <br />i <br />o <br />n <br />. <br /> <br />T <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />i <br />n <br />n <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />sole is injected with Phylon material. Th <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />d <br />u <br />c <br />t <br /> <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />available in men's, women's and childre <br />n <br />' <br />s <br /> <br />s <br />h <br />o <br />e <br />s <br />. <br />Nike inc. Oct 25 2011