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Holyoke Councilor Blogs

by Bill Dusty

Holyoke Councilor-at-Large Kevin Jourdain recently started up a blog to cover his activities on the Holyoke City Council. Called “Holyoke First,” it might be more realistically named “Holyoke 50%, Me 50%” since it’s mostly a “Rah! Rah!” website filled with the Good News of Kevin Jourdain. But what’s wrong with that? Jourdain makes it clear to any visitor that this is his blog (his name and photo are prominently featured). The blog itself reads like a series of press releases and other notes, plus some information on Holyoke.

It’s a great idea, actually – and one that I’m surprised more office holders haven’t taken advantage of. Blogs are much easier to update than traditional websites, and Jourdain uses Blogger’s free server-side software, which folks not familiar with website design and HTML coding often turn to as an alternative.

It should be interesting to see how long Jourdain keeps up his blogging – and how many other local politicians pick up on his idea. ~

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Posted by Bill Dusty on Jan 16th, 2008 and filed under Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.