Citizen Connects
The Cuomo admin launched a new site today called Citizen Connects -- "an online town hall" "for New Yorkers to participate in upcoming state events and activities, use social media to talk and comment on the workings of state government, and track future and past travel for the Governor and the executive branch." Also: weekly online chat sessions -- Cuomo is taking the first one, this Saturday at 9 am.
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I wonder if the online chat sessions will be NYS' equivalent of Chatroulette?
... said Bob on Sep 22, 2011 at 4:27 PM | link
Online town halls are a poor substitute for a face-to-face human engagement. The posts/comments will not be read and it will be a place for acrimony to fester among the politically interested--dinosaur dems and burnt-out repubs--who just bicker about minutiae but never consider--cannot consider--that the system itself is the problem.
Smart move on the Governor's part, though: create a forum for people to "type" (about) politics and passively receive pronouncements as a substitute for genuine political engagement, you know, the human part. I must admit, Governor Cuomo is smooth. Furthermore, he seems to have found the winning combination pioneered by former President Clinton (or, more appropriately, re-found it): speak the language of progressives on social issues while operating within the economic framework established by the Right--no taxes on the rich/corporations, spending cuts, and privatization.
... said Cincinnatus on Sep 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM | link