Comments on: Blogs for Public Officials http://susiemadrak.com/2007/05/02/13/07/blogs-for-public-officials/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: PSoTD http://susiemadrak.com/2007/05/02/13/07/blogs-for-public-officials/#comment-126486 PSoTD Thu, 03 May 2007 11:53:38 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/05/02/13/07/blogs-for-public-officials/#comment-126486 <strong>Government Official Blogging...</strong> Just wanted to share a thoughtful comment to a post. Yesterday, at Susie's, I posted this: But it makes you wonder,...... Government Official Blogging…

Just wanted to share a thoughtful comment to a post. Yesterday, at Susie’s, I posted this:

But it makes you wonder,……

]]> By: Salmo http://susiemadrak.com/2007/05/02/13/07/blogs-for-public-officials/#comment-126479 Salmo Wed, 02 May 2007 20:06:40 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/05/02/13/07/blogs-for-public-officials/#comment-126479 I was a local government employee for years - a blog would have been out of the question. My boss would have seen it as a threat; the elected officials would have seen it as overshadowing them and cutting into their policy debates. I can understand why the Town Manager of Fairfax, CA would keep her blog press-releasy because that is the safe place to be. Assuming that the environment were reshaped to allow more expression by the public employees, that would be a good thing. This is not to say that the unfettered expressions of those folks would make a great deal of difference, but a change in the atmosphere that could take the deliberations out of the back rooms and put a check on some of the outsized egos involved might be a big improvement. I was a local government employee for years - a blog would have been out of the question. My boss would have seen it as a threat; the elected officials would have seen it as overshadowing them and cutting into their policy debates. I can understand why the Town Manager of Fairfax, CA would keep her blog press-releasy because that is the safe place to be.

Assuming that the environment were reshaped to allow more expression by the public employees, that would be a good thing. This is not to say that the unfettered expressions of those folks would make a great deal of difference, but a change in the atmosphere that could take the deliberations out of the back rooms and put a check on some of the outsized egos involved might be a big improvement.

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