"SALISBURY — In her final State of the City address, Salisbury Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as a great danger to the city: malicious bloggers.
Tilghman said in her address Thursday that over the last five years, the presence of a small group of suspicious, mean-spirited people focused on the negative has grown, endangering the city's vitality.
Tilghman says some people are avoiding serving their city because it's not worth chancing the scorn of bloggers. But Tilghman says they need to stand up for the city........."
It seems like the establishment doesn't like the fact that technology provides a medium for differing opinions. It should be noted that "suspicious, mean-spirited people focused on the negative" may or may not be dealing with the truth to the same degree that "the establishment" may or may not be dealing with the truth. Each should be held to the same standard.
Here in the Hillsborough County Public Schools, there is a growing concern within the administration to develop some method to curb those "suspicious, mean-spirited people".
"I'm tired of hearing what a bad job we're doing," she said. "We do a great job, and people need to have more access to what we're doing."
Also, there was a message to The Gradebook to censor the public comments:
Florida & Tampa Bay schools blog - The Gradebook:
"When talking to school board members from across Florida the other day, I heard many gripes that blogs, including ours, weaken our content by allowing untrue reader comments to remain published as if they were true. They also didn't like the hateful things that many readers say."
The local Hillsborough Association of School Administrators is working on how to stifle those "suspicious, mean-spirited people" too, found here on page two, second paragraph:
"....One topic could be the current trend toward circumventing the school
district’s Grievance Procedure and how to deal with visitors to School Board meetings who attempt to malign our administrators in public. Dr. Miliziano gave a brief history of the three-part grievance procedure and its purpose.
What about the public that is tired of hearing "untrue administration comments"?
Posts
