Gordon Clark: Why are citizens being encouraged to do City Hall’s work?

Vancouver’s official motto is: “By sea land and air we prosper.” But given recent initiatives flowing from City Hall, I have another suggestion: “Hey buddy, get to work!”
A colleague pointed out a new city program that allows Vancouverites to “Adopt-a-Catch Basin.” There’s even a webpage that “maps out over 45,000 adoptable catch basins across the city that residents can go online to adopt and name.”
To add to the buzz, City H