Major omission
I see that the City of Portland has formed a 29-member "advisory council" on "public involvement." That's right -- a committee about committees.
It's mostly bureaucrats, but there are some civilians on board. The number of bloggers in that group? Zero. What's up with that?
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Comments (6)
There is no doubt that some if not most of the genesis behind this is the desire to qwell, stifle and censor committee members from talking to reporters and bloggers about the city business they witness.
The PDC has already adopted new policies for their citizen urban renewal advisory committees, advising memebers to not talk to the press et al.
The last thing this city wants is the public, beyond their chosen drones, to be contributing anything other than their easily ignored 3 minutes of testimony.
Posted by Howard | September 2, 2008 8:16 AM
Why not bloggers? Probably the idea that, god forbid, bloggers might post info to the public and actually inform people.
Posted by Steve | September 2, 2008 8:29 AM
It seems that if not on the city payroll the others are on Non-Profits that are supported by coffers of city. Fair, honest, and open need not apply here.
Posted by KISS | September 2, 2008 8:30 AM
You applying Jack?
Posted by dman | September 2, 2008 12:14 PM
Hmmm. This merits more thought. They need to start a Committee on Committees Subcommittee.
(Actually, I recall reading that the NCAA actually once had one of those.)
Posted by teacherrefpoet | September 2, 2008 4:34 PM
It seems that many government types distrust bloggers. Curious, that.
Posted by 17th St. | September 2, 2008 5:14 PM