Slog - Comments on City Council Sets New Policy On Council Blogs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/city_sets_new_policy_on_council_blogs In a dramatic about-face, the city council has issued a series of rules and regulations governing council member blogging, which is strikingly different from the proposed rules I posted yesterday. For months, the city's legal, administrative and IT departments have been discussing implementing blogging and web rules for council members. A rules proposal released last month "discouraged [council members] from establishing and maintaining additional or alternate sites" and would have required council members to take down campaign websites after elections. "We wanted to start off restrictive, see how this thing works and see how people are able to work with... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:53:32 -0800 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:53 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Zander It's telling how quiet the Council can get after they float a stupid idea.

]]> Zander http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/city_sets_new_policy_on_council_blogs#c1110809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/city_sets_new_policy_on_council_blogs#c1110809 News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:18:09 -0800 Comment by litlnemo "Links to external content should open in a new window: Hyperlinks to external content should open a new tab, or 'spawned' browser window. Visitors should be advised that pop-up blockers may interfere with this action."

Annoying and lame. Let me decide for myself if I want to open a new browser window.

]]> litlnemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/city_sets_new_policy_on_council_blogs#c1110831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/city_sets_new_policy_on_council_blogs#c1110831 News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:53 -0800