Winston-Salem's mayor Allen Joines, or someone on his staff, just posted this status on Facebook:
Allen Joines Doing what is responsible for our future Sometimes doing what is right is not the easiest or most popular course to take. But the plan we have come up with to get our baseball stadium completed is responsible and will not cost our taxpayers any additional money. For more discussion please go to my blog page at AllenJoinesForMayor.com – Thanks
He's referring to the story that broke today that the city is going to have to pony up a BIG loan to Billy Prim to get the downtown baseball stadium finished. They're giving citizens today and the weekend to share their comments with the mayor and the city council before a special meeting next Monday night. More on that later. Anyhoo, head on over to the mayor's site and give him an eareyeful.
BTW, props to the mayor for using Facebook. I can tell you that there are LOTS of constituents there, no matter what the Luddites and old codgers say. Not sure why he's only asking for comments on his website since Facebook is also an ideal environment for online discussion, but at this point let's just say that something's better than nothing.
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I posted a comment to Mayor Joines’ blog. The comment sat in “awaiting moderation” for about a day. Then it was edited before it was posted. I can understand choosing not to post the comment, that’s what moderated comments are about. But if you choose to post it, it should be the comments actually made, not your edited version.
Roughly 50 percent of the comment was removed prior to posting it. I guess the mayor doesn’t like transparency.