Written by I really appreciated the strong positive response to my making my council email available for informal public review, anytime. I was intrigued with how the story traveled across the US, and how so many people recognized the numerous advantages in taking this step.
The local story was picked up by the Associated Press, several radio and television stations, and even made USA Today.
The move was also discussed in many online blogs, like this one (click here).
I also recieved calls from councilmembers in nearby jurisdictions, who said they were considering doing the same thing.
Interestingly, almost everyone I spoke with agreed that publiishing the email would also increase courtesy and civility, something which we can never have too much of as far as I’m concerned.
I am anxious to move to the next step of publishing all council emails in an online data base, for easy search on the web. As an alternative, or in addition, a blog system could be developed for council communication to keep the system public and interactive. To do this we will need to make some policy changes within city hall, and I will be pressing for this over the coming months.
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