{"id":5845,"date":"2012-04-25T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2012-04-25T17:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:20:33","slug":"btv-city-council-embraces-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/04\/25\/btv-city-council-embraces-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"#BTV city council embraces social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burlington City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to appoint twitter handles for the mayor’s office: @BTVMayor. Newly elected mayor Miro Weinberger is currently tweeting as @MiroBTV.<\/p>\n

\"\"Here’s what the resolution said, according to the Burlington Free Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the official Twitter handle of the Mayor of Burlington\u2019s office shall be @BTVmayor and shall remain the property of the office (not the office holder).”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

“The purpose of using this handle will be to foster a more transparent and direct dialogue between the Mayor\u2019s Office and #BTV residents.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Free Press points out that it’s interesting the city council institutionalized something as inherently fleeting as social media. I agree: the way that we receive information is always in flux.<\/p>\n

But of course it makes sense that local government is aboard the social media bandwagon. And expanding that “direct dialogue” may mean good things for government transparency.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Are your local government officials tweeting and blogging? What effect does it have in your community? Or is it silly for a city council to decide on something like twitter handles, which may one day be hopelessly outmoded?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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