More Blogs... More Blogs!!
What this Information-Age needs is: More Blogs... More Blogs!!
Every elected office in the land needs a Blog and Forum associated with it. Instead of Writing-Your-Rep, you would simply post your request, opinion or comment to the respective Forum. Don't have a net-active computer?... give your note to a neighborhood school-kid to post on your behalf, they need to know how this political-stuff works anyway. Private communications could still be sent in all the traditional methods, but if you have an issue that needs constituent-support or notification, this is much more efficient/effective than expecting the Rep (or the Letter-to-the-Editor) to be, in turn, posted for constituency review/response.
This is nothing more than an e-TownHall Meeting. We have periodic Public Meetings with the Rep anyway, this just makes it a 24x7 meeting. The public meetings are tightly scheduled and we each get a little stage-fright to stand up and state a question or opinion in 50-words-or-less. This lets the rest of us know and discuss the concerns and opinions of the community.
The Rep would post issues, information, opinions and status to the Blog and the citizens would post to the Forum. All meetings, conferences and trips should have a summary-report posted by the Rep. The Rep would get feedback from the Forum. Registered Voters could have an ID/pw while others, including Business/Special-Interests could post as guest.
The Rep would post an intended-vote, prior to the Roll-Call, allowing the citizens to respond. After all, how else should they have the title of 'Rep-resentative'? They weren't elected to have the power of the position, they were selected to be the discussion/focus-point to represent their district needs and preference.
What next? ... how about a Web-Cam/Mic in the Rep's office and conference room... for the entertainment (disgust?) of the Represented.
Every elected office in the land needs a Blog and Forum associated with it. Instead of Writing-Your-Rep, you would simply post your request, opinion or comment to the respective Forum. Don't have a net-active computer?... give your note to a neighborhood school-kid to post on your behalf, they need to know how this political-stuff works anyway. Private communications could still be sent in all the traditional methods, but if you have an issue that needs constituent-support or notification, this is much more efficient/effective than expecting the Rep (or the Letter-to-the-Editor) to be, in turn, posted for constituency review/response.
This is nothing more than an e-TownHall Meeting. We have periodic Public Meetings with the Rep anyway, this just makes it a 24x7 meeting. The public meetings are tightly scheduled and we each get a little stage-fright to stand up and state a question or opinion in 50-words-or-less. This lets the rest of us know and discuss the concerns and opinions of the community.
The Rep would post issues, information, opinions and status to the Blog and the citizens would post to the Forum. All meetings, conferences and trips should have a summary-report posted by the Rep. The Rep would get feedback from the Forum. Registered Voters could have an ID/pw while others, including Business/Special-Interests could post as guest.
The Rep would post an intended-vote, prior to the Roll-Call, allowing the citizens to respond. After all, how else should they have the title of 'Rep-resentative'? They weren't elected to have the power of the position, they were selected to be the discussion/focus-point to represent their district needs and preference.
What next? ... how about a Web-Cam/Mic in the Rep's office and conference room... for the entertainment (disgust?) of the Represented.
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