January 1, 2009
Silver’s New Blog Already Having an Effect on Jones Administration
You may remember Oregon Hill resident Silver from his run for President.
Also, congratulations and thanks to Jones administration for doing right thing. Its a great start to the new year and city politics.
An announcement of the new Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph:
Silver Persinger yesterday launched the Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph , a site dedicated to “independent and thorough news and opinion [...] with especial focus on Richmond, Virginia City Council, Free Speech, Free Press, and Open Government.”
From the Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph:
“I called the number she provided at 4:51 PM, and it was answered by Margaret Pugh who is serving on the transition team. I asked about the swearing in and she told me about the event on January 10. I asked, “What about the swearing in tomorrow?” To which Ms. Pugh responded that was “more of a personal type of event.” I was shocked and said that it was unusual for a publicly elected official to have a private swearing in. I asked if the Press would be permitted to attend because I would be much more interested in reporting the event than criticizing it as being closed to the public. I left my name and number and Ms. Pugh said she would talk with the Mayor Elect’s assistant.”
“The ceremony had been planned to be invitation-only in the city clerk’s office, but Jones ultimately moved the event to the City Council’s chamber and invited the public.”
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I was shocked and said that it was unusual for a publicly elected official to have a private swearing in
That’s not been my experience. My father was sworn in three times as a Chesterfield supervisor and the ceremonies were relatively small – attended by only family, the judges and 1-2 dozen senior county officials. There were no speeches – just each official giving his oath of office.
Personally, I’d rather the city didn’t spend money on a big event. Let Mayor Jones take his oath before witnesses then get down to business.
this guy Siler is a proud socialist, then he starts a blog with the specific goal of providing a free press. Well guess what you socialist pukes, with socialism you dont have a free press you have a government press. Get educated silver
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/MAYO01_20090101-064244/166688/
This should be the complete link.
I can’t think of any reason for the swearing-in of a public official to be a private event. An event can be public and still be small and virtually cost-free.
Geez, liberty!
Liberty- While I respect that every person has an opinion, I wanted to make you aware that as soon as someone starts name calling as in “socialist pukes”, I think they are immature children and don’t listen anymore.
socialism makes me puke, what can i say
You can express your opinion without name calling. Wait, that takes more cognitive thought. Nevermind. You don’t seem capable of it.