Should Municipalities use Social Media – Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Back in July of last year (Should Municipalities use Social Media) I wrote about how city government could use social media to communicate with their residents. Since then, my little experiment with the City of Tipp City has been going full steam. The City launched their facebook fan page back in October, 2009 and now have 614 fans. The City Manager, Jon Crusey is the primary editor of the fan page and uses the resource to communicate to residents about: Snow Emergencies – Often during the winter road closures, troublesome potholes and trash collection day changes necessitate...
read moreAdded Poll for Tipp City Tax Measure
I dropped a poll on my sidebar today to assess our community feelings about the proposed 0.5% tax credit reduction for people that work outside of Tipp City (but live here). Basically since the tax increase failed on the ballot in November Council is now bringing this tax increase as a legislative action. Residents will not get to vote on this tax increase that applies to 60% of Tipp City residents and goes into effect immediately. I intend to be at the Council meeting on Monday to express the results of this poll to Council.
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