Mo Green, blogger
Almost three years ago, I met with School Superintendent Terry Grier about starting a blog. We offered to host it and to help him. He was reluctant for several reasons: he didn't think he had the time, and he didn't care for the sort of uncivil discussion that occurred around school issues. Of course, he never blogged.
Now comes new Superintendent Mo Green who announced this morning at his swearing in that he is going to start a blog to interact with the public.
Good.
Several public officials have talked about blogs and some have even created them, but very few have followed through. My advice here still stands.
And maybe this would help.
Update: Good to his word, Green started blogging before the day is even out. Although, um, it doesn't appear to allow comments, which makes it more of a one-way Web site than a blog. (Thanks to Brian Ewing, our schools reporter, for the tip in the comments.)
Comments (6)
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John, In the list of why Terry didn't want to blog you might have forgot: "plus Terry knew he'd already snowed a group of fools who would dive into their own pocketbooks to pay him above and beyond what he was getting paid by the board, whether he blogged or not".
Posted on September 8, 2008 9:32 AM
Read Green's blog here.
http://www.gcsnc.com/superintendent/blog.htm
Posted on September 8, 2008 7:43 PM
Can it be a real blog wihout having an RSS feed?
Posted on September 9, 2008 12:29 AM
Not to sound ungrateful for the effort, but if you are going to have a blog you really ought to allow comments, too.
Posted on September 9, 2008 9:12 AM
I'm hoping the site is merely something the system put together quickly and will be improved as soon as they can.
Posted on September 9, 2008 9:23 AM
What happened to the Troublemaker Blog? Why invite only? Does any have information on who to contact to get an invitation?
Posted on September 9, 2008 12:26 PM