This is a new concept, or at least to me it was when I started trying it about a year ago. I saw a number of city managers and administrators doing blogs so I figured it would be a good idea for me to try to do the same. The one thing I have discovered is it is difficult to keep up with posting on the blog as there are many things on my desk that prove to be more critical and in need of my attention. This is a long winded explanation of why I have not been able to post as often as I have wanted to, or should have, during the past year.
When I set up this blog, one goal I set for the blog was for it to provide an outlet for me to keep the general public updated on issues facing the City. But as I look at other blogs I realized a blog can be done by local government and involve many other issues that go beyond just “city issues” and even have some fun with many issues. There is a good example of this on a blog done by the Mayor of Lamont, Washington, which can be found at:
http://www.lamont-wa.blogspot.com/
If you go to this blog you will find it very entertaining, fun to read and written by a very talented author. I would never pretend to equal the Lamont blog’s writing skills, but I may try to venture into things other issues that always don’t have a direct parallel to city government.
In the recent Lamont blogs they have had an ongoing paring with Long Beach on how wonderful and how well run Long Beach is, which is flattering to say the least, and very funny to read. So for fun try the Lamont blog, it is fun and very interesting.