[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-23 Thread Gabrielle Obre
You're right Kevin..sorry. I was told they did and I just checked again. I would love to know which cities do. Again, a city that cared about civic participation would tape them. Maybe the Obama spirit of open government will trickle down. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Brown" wrote

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-23 Thread Kevin Brown
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle Obre" wrote: > > Michael, > > My guess is Jack wasn't thinking of something like what is posted > here. This seems to have evolved into a community of all sorts of > discussion. Besides, there are plenty of free discussion sites that > wouldn't cost

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-22 Thread radio881gal
Hey, thanks for the plug, G! Why not use the comments feature on Asbury Radio for a chain of commentary? All I have to do is click on the link I get emailed and approve the comment -- in case it's some kind a subversive, Alaskan propaganda or somethin'. It's a little confusing, I guess, because

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-22 Thread Gabrielle Obre
Don't forget to visit Maureen's site. I think she is the only one doing the kind of thing she's doing. I don't go to it often enough. You can leave comments there, which would obviously be more to the point of her articles, and I am guessing she monitors them. Also, maybe some help could be sent h

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-22 Thread Gabrielle Obre
Michael, My guess is Jack wasn't thinking of something like what is posted here. This seems to have evolved into a community of all sorts of discussion. Besides, there are plenty of free discussion sites that wouldn't cost the taxpayers anything. I am sure there are plenty of current costs that l

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-22 Thread Kevin Brown
you can blog at http://www.asburyparknj.com - It was just set up and there is a category "AP Development" Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-21 Thread Jack Pitzer
Something Gabrielle said recently made me think of this concept. I think (hope) there are many people in our city who have good ideas that they would like to be heard and discussed on the city level, but I also think that it may be tough to find the time to actually attend council meetings and

[AsburyPark] Re: Could the city benefit by adding a blog to it's website?

2009-01-21 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Michael W. Brim" wrote: > > Jack: > > > > Interesting concept. > > and a very simple site. How about just adding this as a note and maybe post it in every school: >>The Robinsons lived in a brick bungalow on the South Side of Chicago. Fraser was a