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Santa Paula, California: A City With its Own Weblog

Posted by TimSlavin at January 6, 2005

The City of Santa Paula blog – perhaps the only one in the country – lacks some of the hallmarks of other blogs, especially the ability of visitors to leave comments. "This is meant to be a place where, if people are looking for updates on news and information, the city can get it up quickly and it's easy to access" in a timely manner.

Of course, the timely manner depends on Bobkiewicz, who after Thursday's council meeting posted information about the session - that lasted until about 11 p.m. - on the blog after midnight. Postings can consist of just a "couple of lines" that people will find informative, Bobkiewicz added.

"We have no television station that covers us, with the daily newspapers it's catch as catch can, the same with radio, and the Santa Paula Times is published twice a week. For those looking for news, the blog is up to the minute information," on city business. Bobkiewicz used as an example the budget cuts the council tentatively agreed to at the December 2 special meeting.

Neat story from the Santa Paula Times that illustrates what makes weblogs so useful and easy. In this case, a weblog fills an information gap for local government caused by infrequent media coverage, something most towns suffer all over the world. Found through Smart Mobs.
URLs:

http://www.santapaulatimes.com/news/archivestory.php/aid/7816/Blog:_City_on_cutting_edge_of_information_offerings.html


http://www.smartmobs.com/

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