Three months after Stockton’s Office of Public Transparency, Information and Communication was first unveiled in an Instagram video, basic questions about the group remain unanswered.
Chief among them is why Stockton’s approach to public information was effectively overhauled while the city was being led by a temporary city manager, former interim Steve Colangelo — and why Colangelo didn’t include his plans to create the new OPTIC office in the yearly city budget presented to City Council in June.
OPTIC chief Tony Mannor, Stockton’s main spokesperson, first revealed the office’s existence in an Instagram video from earlier this year that has since been deleted…