Posts under ‘Political blogs’

Want to see what a good city council member blog looks like?
Check out this blog from Seattle City Council member Sally Clark who in her May 6 post talks about an incredible perk of holding office.
Read her blog and you will get a feel for her values, the type of person she is and what [...]

You either are a state legislator or you want to be made one at the November election.
One part of your job description that receives little attention is the importance of a state legislator being an educator or teacher. Who do they teach? First, their constituents and then various interest groups need to be educated [...]

For those who are familiar with the area, the city of Davison (MI) is just east of the city of Flint.  It’s a small town filled with commuters who work in the Detroit Metro area.  I’ve been there several times for meetings held mainly at a family restaurant called Whitey’s.
Davison seems to be a nice, [...]

Each time I hear someone talk about how transparency is starting to become a prime focus in the marketplace, I nod my head in agreement. I understand how consumers have changed, but I’m not sure how much business has changed.
A real estate agent in Sacramento, California answers that for herself and her business, at [...]

My city council member-Bill Matt- here in Lansing (MI) has a blog. It’s something that he started on his own and which he has maintained on an almost regular basis. From his blog, you can get a sense for him, his values, how he makes decisions and his position on some of our [...]

Are the different levels of government–local, state, federal–adopting blogging?
I’m learning the answers to that from a report (PDF)–“The Blogging Revolution: Government in the Age of Web 2.0”–which I just cracked open from the IBM Center for the Business of Government. It includes links to blogs by state legislators, members of the U.S. Congress and [...]

I would bet that most members of the Michigan House and Senate and other state legislatures around the country have heard of blogs.
Their perceptions of this new communication tool have probably been formed by a combination of kids using MySpace and Facebook and political candidate blogs where the rhetoric can resemble the wild west.
But, do [...]

What should a city council member blog about?
I posted earlier about my new city council member, Bill Matt, who has started a blog.   He was appointed to fill out the unexpired portion of a term and is now running for election.
He started a blog and I know that he wants to be conscientious about [...]

I’ve lived inside our city of more than 100,000 people for at least 30 years and during that time I’ve had less than minimal contact with the city council members who represent me.
There’s plenty of irony that goes along with that statement because during that time I worked in a higher profile media position at [...]

I’m not familiar with politics inside the state of Missouri, but I’m impressed by the state’s lieutenant governor, Peter Kinder, in this video where he talks about using the web to start a statewide conversation in his state. This is the first time I’ve seen this YouTube video and by this whole web 2.0 [...]