Reforming Politics As Usual

The LA Times ran an article on Politicopia. Part of the fun of getting some mentions is that I'm contacted by people working on great ideas to open the doors of democracy to non-insiders.

My friend Britt Blaser is busy working on a project he calls "Independence Year." His meager goal is to bring together people who will work to reform politics between the next two Independence Days. I love the idea, and am happy to lend a helping hand. There are many disjointed parts in various garages. With a presidential election pressing down on us, it would be a perfect time to coordinate some of these efforts.

As the article mentions, Politicopia aspires to contribute to the open democracy movement by using a soon-to-be-completed platform that will allow people to fully network with each other while they create and exchange political information. The platform is being created by Open Resource Group, LLC and Zaah Technologies. Mike Melillo, who has been working on a similar idea, also is jumping into the mix.

I continue to be impressed by the eagerness that people in the open government movement have to work together to bring about something worthwhile; that's all the more reason for Independence Year.