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Blogging and political discourse

Two weeks ago, several of us from the CPC, Stand for Children and the School Committee went before the city council at the budget hearing to make a case for the schools.  Naturally, we had been blogging freely on the topic for over a week, ever since we realized that the schools were going to take a big hit under the Manager’s plan.  As we listened to the Manager’s budget presentation, I realized that many of our arguments were being preempted, and it occurred to me that by blogging we had alerted others to our line of attack, giving them a chance to form counter-arguments.  As I sat there, rewriting my speech in response to what I was hearing, I wondered if in these situations blogging was such a good idea. more »

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