Maggie, State of the County Speech - WOW, a Web site!
I just got back from some non-political activity otherwise known as real life and and caught the tail end of Maggie’s State of the County speech. Specifically, the part where Maggie announced that she is creating a Web Site so citizens will be able to suggest budget solutions. She is also going to have a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss Budget solutions.
Remember - when Scarecrow gets a brain, learned geometry and says he can’t thank Dorothy enough, she agrees
Oh joy, rapture. Virtual Town Hall meetings and a Web Site.
What happened to the county’s crack budget team? This is what passes for Plan B.? You remember - the one where both Democrats and Republicans voted to have the County Executive start planning for the loss of the appeal of what we call the unFAIR plan.
My question is, what information is going to be available on these sites? Will Maggie actually make real data available, which citizens can actually analyze?
Remember the Town Hall meetings on the unFAIR plan? How do we ensure this simply does not become one big astro turfing opportunity?
Yo, traditional and non-traditional media, I hope you will truly be on the case. Dems in the County Leg - this includes you too.
I’ll have more later when I read the transcript.
Doesn’t the county government already have a website that details ways to solve the budget problem without raising taxes, as well as suggests a host of green initiatives for county government? What the heck was that thing called?
[...] speech where she took the prefix “bi-” out of the word bi-partisan Oh, lets see - there is a new Web Site - Where residents can give their ideas for cutting the County budget. There will be more Town Hall [...]