Politicopia
For me, the beauty of the Internet is its ability to cut out the middleman. Though the Internet has moved sellers and consumers closer together, its strides in politics haven’t yet been so grand. In politics, intermediaries – like special interest groups, bureaucrats, and the media – heavily filter information between people and their elected officials.
In an effort to give people a more direct handle on the issues pending before the Utah Legislature (and to give elected officials a better read on what the public wants), some friends and I started Politicopia. Check it out, participate in the dialogue, and help move your government where you want it to go.
In an effort to give people a more direct handle on the issues pending before the Utah Legislature (and to give elected officials a better read on what the public wants), some friends and I started Politicopia. Check it out, participate in the dialogue, and help move your government where you want it to go.
posted by steve u. at 1/21/2007
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10 Comments:
Excellent idea! I see that Pete Ashdown has already contributed.
Excellent idea, I think this is a great way to get involved in local politics.
This is very encouraging. From the distasteful marshalings of the party line by the Utah Republicans of late years to the vote (eating) machine debacle and its public input charade I lost almost all my faith in state government to disgust and cynicism. I am pleased, Steve, that you are effecting so much positive change. It restores much of my faith.
Steve, you should be shouting "Politcopia" from the rooftops! If anyone ever wanted a tool to get GEN X'ers involved in and informed about politics and governemnt, this is IT!
I wish I had the email addresses of every U.S. goverment teacher in the United States. They need to see this.
So will they listen? Is it an attempt to say "look I have a blog government works".
Politicopia is a most exellent forum. Thank you.
Thanks to all. I'm not quite sure what the last anon. comment means, but I'll take a stab at it. Interesting question: "Is it an attempt to say 'look I have a blog government works'"?
It just might be. It might be saying, "Look, my 5,000,000 closest friends and I have blogs and other tools, and we're going to increase our level of political involvement and help government work better!"
I wonder if there is a way to keep it limited to Utahans. I know sometimes local politics can draw national attention such as teh primary election between Chris Cannon and John Jacobs. Is there a way to keep outsiders out? Do you want to keep out of state visitors out?
Jeff,
Together, Politicopia users will figure out rules as we go. Your question makes me wonder whether we should start such a discussion board on the site. For now, though, the problem I hope Politicopia addresses is a lack of participation. Therefore, I'm only interested at this point in getting people to participate.
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