I mentioned earlier that the City of L.A. has embraced blogs via their website.Today, I find that even more so the case with a specific, permanent link on the City's Homepage in their navigation bar at the right of the screen for blogs (see image).
But, what is very disappointing is that the best Municipal Nerd (blogger) in the City, the one who started it all, is not listed.
Yes, folks, as you can see from their "blogs" webpage & this screenshot, the LAFD Nerds are no where listed.
What's that all about? Who made that call or (hopefully) mistaken omission from the already meager list of Municipal Blogs?
2 comments:
That's too bad.
Dear LACityNerd:
Thanks for making the powers that be aware of our genuine interest in being included on the roster.
Interestingly, the other agencies were posted without their bloggers needing to make a request or seek approval.
After your post and those at LAist and LAObserved, the phones apparently started ringing at the Mayor's office (of all places) and in the days that followed, I got a nice e-mail from the City's Information Technology Agency that said we could request inclusion.
Away on vacation (yes, we periodically take those as long as somebody watches the Dalmatian) and then facing a horrific hardware crash in our office... I was deeply heartened to see that the LAFD blog was added to the roster without our need to formally request inclusion.
Again, thanks LACityNerd, for your efforts in helping the public access all that is rightfully theirs.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
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