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If this was true, they should make this spreadsheet public (google doc) with the columns set by any mayor. Basically open an auction. Why hide it?

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  When you are trying to extract value, you don't want to reveal your estimate of the value extracted, or even give people more information than necessary about how you are estimating the amount of value you can extract.
  • WalterBright 9y ago
    I.e. you'll get gamed.
    • ransom1538 9y ago
      Uh. So when you go to an auction and bid, the auction house gets gamed? I am not following. Each mayor could put their best offers in compared with the others.
• ekianjo 9y ago
  You dont negotiate with an open book.
  • gaius 9y ago
    As the UK is finding in negotiations with the EU...
    • jen20 9y ago
      Parts of the UK are finding that negotiating _without_ any kind of playbook is hard - nothing to do with it being open or closed, it simply doesn't exist.