From the Dave Schulz for Toledo City Council campaign:
Candidate will urge use of latest technology and other ways to make city government more transparent and accessible
City Council candidate Dave Schulz will hold a press conference on Wednesday September 13th at 4:00 p.m. in front of the Government Center in Downtown Toledo.
Dave will be joined by two individuals who have shown great gusto for pushing for more transparency in government; Chris Myers, former school board candidate and private citizen Kate Boyd. They have taken it upon themselves to record video and audio of important city council and TPS meetings so that the public becomes more informed by posting them at www.toledopolitican.com They cannot do this indefinitely and Schulz will discuss ways for city council to bring greater transparency to their proceedings.
Schulz will unveil his “transparency” plans for Toledo City Council which he will push once elected to Toledo City Council. They include:
Internet broadcasting and archiving of council and committee meetings
Internet switchboards on website to allow quick routing to appropriate email address
Transparency of posting as many city documents on the Internet as possible
Timely alerting of public of events and meetings through subscribable e-mail lists, postings on city Web site, and RSS feeds
Online campaign finance reports of all elected officials
Online Ohio Ethics reports
The plan also includes other non-technological fixes and adjustments in order to make government accessible to more people. These include:
More nightly meetings so working people can attend
Explore feasibility of an occasional council meeting in community setting outside of Government Center
Public comment at regular council meetings
Explore expansion of tv broadcasting of meetings
Schulz will also point to a continuing battle that Myers and Boyd have with TPS over broadcasting their proceedings via the internet. He will urge the board to use technology to embrace Toledo Public School residents and encourage every board member to embrace using the latest technology to communicate with Toledo residents.
Schulz said, "I am about open, accessible government, plain and simple. Increasing citizen participation in government encourages better decisions and accountability. The whole community benefits from these efforts."
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2 comments:
The Blade reported on some of what Dave was proposing.
A funny thing, Council used to be televised, in its entirety, back in the early days of Channel 30.
It seems like we may need to take a step backwards, in order to move foreword on this.
With today's technology, the cost is insignificant. The real obstacle is Council's "shyness," plus they don't particularly enjoy operating in the daylight, with the voters watching; it interferes with their “game…” ;-)
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