But councils are not the only ones being kept in the dark by the latest initiative.
So while the owners know what's going on, renters are usually kept in the dark.
However, the UUP, SDLP and Alliance complained they had been kept in the dark over the proposals.
Whether your investors are friends, family, angels or VCs, nobody wants to be kept in the dark.
They have said that college governors, staff, and students alike have been kept in the dark about the plans.
Do you seriously propose the rest of population be kept in the dark?
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Even those who volunteered to come here were largely kept in the dark about what was being done to them.
The IMF, along with Suharto's economic officials, are said to have been kept in the dark about the currency-board plan.
All court proceedings were kept closed on national security grounds, and his family members were kept in the dark about his arrest.
If investors are kept in the dark, companies can expect their share prices to suffer in the final court of opinion--the stock market.
But shareholder decisions must be based on the facts, and too often investors are kept in the dark about the pay of senior executives.
Meanwhile, stories began to circulate about the company's investments in Greece, although the Cypriot arm of the bank says it was kept in the dark.
Mr Dromey later revealed he and other elected party officials had been kept in the dark about loans arranged by Mr Blair's chief fundraiser, Lord Levy.
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Reijtenbagh has claimed the Blackthorne loan was made prior to Credit Suisse's financing to Plaza, but Credit Suisse claims it was kept in the dark about it.
Forty years of testing nuclear weapons on Kazakh soil, during which the population was kept in the dark about what was going on, have left their mark.
However, there is one fundamental rule for all Bundesliga teams that ensures fans are not kept in the dark when it comes to the control of their club.
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It was through these resolutions, designed to appeal to a certain voter base by pretending to solve all of our economic problems, we were kept in the dark.
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The lack of transparency by the Soviet Union did not help, as many clean-up workers were needlessly exposed while the public and international organizations were deliberately kept in the dark.
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Downing Street has told German car manufacturer BMW of Prime Minister Tony Blair's anger at how he was kept in the dark over the break-up of the Rover car group.
When Mr Rumsfeld appeared before a Senate panel on Friday, the legislators' own wounded pride at being kept in the dark was evident, with the defence secretary being put through some aggressive questioning.
"I don't believe the claim that was made by Nelson's commanding officer that they were unaware of certain things, or that they were kept in the dark by their agent, " said Michael Finucane.
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Psychologist Gladeana McMahon, who was an adviser on the first two series of Big Brother, says this year's contestants will probably have been kept in the dark about the accusations of racism in the house.
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The goal is to prevent an employer-retirement plan sponsor with infinite resources, assisted by expert advisors, and limited incentive to tell the truth, from using arcane devices to pursue its own objectives whilst workers are kept in the dark.
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Crucial allies like the UK and France were kept in the dark as some argued for intervention to prevent a humanitarian crisis, while others said that America could not afford, in any sense, another military adventure in the Arab world.
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There have been bipartisan complaints from Congress about being kept in the dark about the figure, while administration officials have consistently said it was impossible to predict how much the war -- and the rebuilding of Iraq -- would cost.
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It would mean that, in the north of Scotland, it did not get light until 10am in winter, and the Scots have therefore decided that it is a Sassenach plot to ensure that the Highlander is kept in the dark.
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