Live chat for Asheville City Council 02/23/2010
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Has seemingly never-ending cold weather been getting you down? Join us today at 5pm for warm real-time observation, toasty policy discussion, and heated pithy comments as we liveblog tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting.
The agenda and supporting documentation can be found here. For the complete multimedia experience, be sure to turn on your TV to Charter Cable Channel 11. (As of this post, there is no web-streaming of council meetings.)
Here are the standard quidelines:
1) Facebook Logins are not required to chat. However, those who opt not to use a Facebook login will find their comments delayed since all text will be placed into a moderation queue. Remember: Even with Facebook Login, initially your first few comments may take a few minutes to show up as it makes it’s way through the moderation queue the first time. Once you are a trusted user, this delay will be removed.
2) If you have problems with chat that are _NOT_ related to: “My comment isn’t showing up immediatelyâ€, then fire an email to brainshrub@gmail.com.
3) You don’t have to agree with, or even like, members of City Council or fellow chatters. Just don’t be a jerk. If you need to know what will get you banned, refer to the ScrutinyHooligans comment policy and/or this earlier chat post where I spelled out what is acceptable.
For those of you too lazy to follow links, here’s the template example:
- Gallant: “I disagree with Councilperson Bluster’s proposal to tax petrulli oil. I find it socialistic, unchristian, and against the Founding Fathers wishes. Also, I feel Bluster cares more about developers than the citizens of Asheville. Bluster is a mean, shortsighted person.” (Gallant will not be banned for these kinds of statements.)
- Goofus: “I saw Bluster cheating on her spouse last night. Also, here is a link to a pornographic website. And by the way, I have several mean things to say about another person not on council because I have a personal grudge against them. I advocate violence. Ha Ha! Isn’t it funny how I made a violent/racist comment? Oh, hey, I’m just kidding … so I think that makes it okay.” (Goofus will be hit hard with this mighty tool.)
4) Please don’t copy + paste tons of text from other sites into the chat window. If you have a point to make that requires a reference to another article – then limit yourself to a few sentences and a link.
5) Councilman Smith has absolutely NO control (editorial or otherwise) over this liveblogging event. Any observations, opinions, humor, etc. are solely the responsibility of the person making them.
That’s it. Below is the chat-box. Simply click “start†after 5pm. (You won’t see a “start†button until 5pm.)
