If you ask, we will answer.

Editorial staff at The Mississauga News respond to inquiries and questions from our readers about local topics of interest on a regular basis.

Some questions take very little time to respond. Others can take a bit of research. This comprises part of what we do that never makes it online or into print.

We take pride in being able to respond to our readers with as much information about the topic they wish to be informed on.

Rather than the information never seeing the light of day, we figured we would give you some insight in some of the things we do that don’t get set to publish or ‘sent to print.’

WILLIAM ASKS: What happened with the recent One City, One Voice mailing that the city sent to Mississauga residents? The city asked that the postage-paid card be sent to Premier Doug Ford, but how many residents mailed it? How much did the campaign cost? The results should give councillors an indication if they should proceed or stop the process.

THE ANSWER: According to city staff, Mississauga sent out 230,000 of the One City, One Voice cards, with 9,832 sent to Ford's office. The campaign was funded from the city's property tax, and cards cost $62,000 with return postage totalling around $9,000.

The goal of the postcard campaign, according to an emailed statement from Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, was to "raise awareness about the regional governance review the province is undertaking and reach as many households in Mississauga with our position on why we should become an independent city."

The outcome of the campaign is yet to be determined, as the province has not issued its regional governance report or decided on the matter of Mississauga separating from Peel.

According to a spokesperson from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, a report and recommendations from the regional governance review, which ran from March 13 to April 21 this year, are coming this summer.