City Councilor John Tobin used some extra campaign funds to print up "Slow Down Boston" signs that he wants people to post everywhere so they can get covered up by yard sale signs get Bostonians to drive better. On The Third Decade, Derek implores: C'mon, Councilor, get real:
Neighborhood residents interested in the future of wireless technology in Boston attended a WiFi community forum on April 19 at the Boston Public Library to contribute to the planning of the city's first WiFi Summit.
I just posted a video from the forum over at Boston City Councillor John Tobin's Video Blog.
That's Michael's judgment of City Councillor John Tobin's Web presence. On the one hand, it's cool that Tobin (who represents Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury) has a well designed, blog-based Web site (run by Steve Garfield). On the other hand, Tobin himself isn't actually blogging on the site - maybe a symptom of the fact that true blogging and discourse means taking a risk, and that's one thing politicians hate to do, Michael says:
... Perhaps, rather than getting politicians to blog, it is time for bloggers to enter politics. ...
Notes from Tobin's meeting with the Berkman bloggers last week
Video of his talk
Ed. note: Two years ago, Matt O'Malley actually blogged and dipped into the Wicked Good Conference to talk about Boston issues when he ran for an at-large council seat. So far, his 2005 Web site looks like any other generic candidate site, but one can hope there's more to come.
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