The Observation Deck

I don’t think it is fair to continue the discussion of City Hall censoring and/or banning folks from its Ward 3 Facebook Page on the “Will Shawn Juris Support Issue 14 for Ward 3 and the City?” thread at http://www.lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11745 so I moved the discussion here.

Matthew John Markling wrote:As an aside, my guess is that the City Hall Facebook Page entitled, "Lakewood Ohio Ward 3" and "allegedly" run by Ward 3 Councilman Shawn Juris on behalf of City Hall with 529 "likes" as of the evening of March 29, 2013, will either disappear or certain citizens will be banned/censored from/on that City Hall run forum.

Some folks simply don't like talking over any digital fence ...

Matthew John Markling wrote:

Matthew John Markling wrote:As an aside, my guess is that the City Hall Facebook Page entitled, "Lakewood Ohio Ward 3" and "allegedly" run by Ward 3 Councilman Shawn Juris on behalf of City Hall with 529 "likes" as of the evening of March 29, 2013, will either disappear or certain citizens will be banned/censored from/on that City Hall run forum.

Some folks simply don't like talking over any digital fence ...

... and ... it's gone ...

Charlie Page wrote:

Matthew John Markling wrote:

Matthew John Markling wrote:As an aside, my guess is that the City Hall Facebook Page entitled, "Lakewood Ohio Ward 3" and "allegedly" run by Ward 3 Councilman Shawn Juris on behalf of City Hall with 529 "likes" as of the evening of March 29, 2013, will either disappear or certain citizens will be banned/censored from/on that City Hall run forum.

Some folks simply don't like talking over any digital fence ...

... and ... it's gone ...

Apparently this digital fence wasn't tall enough to hide behind

Peter Grossetti wrote:I give Shawn all the credit in the world for at least having a FB page and trying to solicit input from his constituents. I believe he is (was) the only council person to go that route!

Charlie Page wrote:

Peter Grossetti wrote:I give Shawn all the credit in the world for at least having a FB page and trying to solicit input from his constituents. I believe he is (was) the only council person to go that route!

If I recall, the "Lakewood Ohio Ward 3" FB page didn't say who was behind the digital fence. I surmised it was our Ward 3 Councilman...who else would put up a FB page for only Ward 3? Do you know for a fact that he was running it?

I haven't seen any other Ward Council or At-Large FB pages out there (that doesn't mean there aren't any). I'm sorry to see "Lakewood Ohio Ward 3" go....no matter who was running it.

what?

huh??

Peter Grossetti wrote:what?

huh??

Peter,

That is a City Hall run Facebook Page. You just need to look at the "About Us" section of the page.

Everything on that City Hall run Facebook Page is and was a public record.

I guess I have an issue with City Hall censoring and/or banning folks from a City Hall run Facebook Page ... public meeting ... forum ... or anything.

I know you said that:

Peter Grossetti wrote:I give Shawn all the credit in the world for at least having a FB page and trying to solicit input from his constituents. I believe he is (was) the only council person to go that route!

You give Shawn Juris credit for trying.

And I give this kid credit for trying ...





Matt

Matt - Okey dokey ... I just wasn't exactly sure where you were going with all that.

Did the Ward 3 FB page indicate that it was in any way, shape or form an "official page for the City of Lakewood, Ohio" (I frankly don't remember) or was it merely a council member trying to use as many tools as possible to reach out to constituents?

And ... just wondering why no other Lakewood City Council member would not use such a powerful tool as FB to interact with their constituents. Perhaps the Law Department has suggested that they don't?

I dunno.

I know Shawn had some epic conversations with constituents on the now-defunct Ward 3 FB page; and like I said, at least he made the effort. It's human nature for constituents to bitch and moan. (Have you ever seen a department stiore with a "Compliments Desk"? No, they have Complaints Desks!)