This is interesting, in that it is a forum / email list of Minneapolis area residents, that have asked for and have received detailed responses from their city council members on local problems. I can see this happening in neighborhoods and cities across the nation. E-Democracy.org has many years of experience on the internet enabling local citizen forums such as the one referenced below.
E-Democracy.org: Project Blog
From: Where there is smoke there is noise … Neighbors and Online Civic Engagement | Written by Steven Clift | Comments are allowed
- We’ve added neighborhood level engagement with “community life” exchange to our classic city-wide online town halls.
- Check out these recent passionate community discussions on airport noise (89+ posts) in Standish Ericsson and recreational fires and smoke (55+ posts) in Longfellow.
- Every local elected official, everywhere should be part of an online space that makes this happen. (And not just some surface-level Facebook page that cuts you off with a paragraph or two or some puff your chest out political tweets.)
For details and on how to reach author Steven Clift, please go to the E-Democracy post.
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