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City Hall Monitor: Candor makes Minneapolis City Council member’s website a blog-non-grata

By Chris Steller | 05.23.08 | 3:31 pm

Thursday’s vanishing post on a Minneapolis City Council member’s blog highlights the hazards of online ruminations within a face-to-face City Hall culture that hasn’t yet adapted to the ways of the Web. On Tuesday, Council Member…

City Hall Monitor: Lurking with intent to govern

By Chris Steller | 05.22.08 | 11:34 am

If elected officials hang around a public chamber with intent to take action but don’t actually decide anything, can they be guilty of governing?

Who “lurks” and with what intent…