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.
The IMF, along with Suharto's economic officials, are said to have been kept in the dark about the currency-board plan.
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.
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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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.
The SEC also claimed that Quantek kept investors in the dark about certain related-party transactions involving Guerra.
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Whelan explained how King had kept the club in the dark about the most recent, and most severe misdemeanour.
One presumes many negotiations are going on behind the curtain but so far, shareholders are being kept quite in the dark.
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The legal action claims the bank "systematically failed to fully evaluate the loans, largely ignored the defects that their limited review did uncover, and kept investors in the dark about both the inadequacy of their review procedures and the defects in the underlying loans".
In a news conference earlier Friday, Banda told reporters she was kept "in the dark" regarding the president's condition.
Eisenhower, kept completely in the dark, felt utterly betrayed by his erstwhile allies.
Or should he have kept it in the dark, where it could potentially be exploited by other hackers in secret?
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