Further proof that the City of LA sees the value in blogs as legitimate information sources comes from the City's own website!As you can see from this screenshot, they have highlighted "This is Character Counts Week." When one clicks on the link, it takes you to a page of LAFD's Brian Humphrey (one of the best Municipal Nerds), which is all about - you guessed it - Character Counts Week. (You can click the City's webpage here to see for yourself that it really works. Note, though, that the City's main page gets updated often; so if you're reading this post a week or two after October 16, 2006, you may be out of luck to see it work for yourself.)
Way to go, Brian, for raising the status of blogs throughout the (this one's for you, Mike) Blog-LA-Sphere!
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Thanks LACityNerd, for your kind notice of our continuing efforts to bring timely notices (so typical of blog postings) directly to the City's popular Home Page.
Our friends at the City's Information Technology Agency have been generous in allowing us access to this and other City Home Page features.
It is our intent to periodically use (but not abuse) the privilege to post such focused notice of what we consider to be highlights of LAFD issues and endeavors - to which (thanks to blogging philospohy), people will be able to offer their *related* comments, concerns and suggestions.
Again, thanks for the kind words of praise, which will hopefully spark continued dialogue among our City colleagues.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and (Muni-Blogger Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
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