Sunday, April 18, 2010

Hmmm...Interesting. Is this increasing or decreasing transparency?

You used to be able to count on the City Manager's report - one of the few regular bundles of information coming from the city - being available on the City's website at the end of business on Friday.  Apparently, we now have a "built-in" delay.  According to the screen shot (below) from the City Manager section of the website, the report is distributed to Commissioners on Friday and posted to the website on Monday morning.
So, instead of getting the administration's unvarnished point of view, we are now getting it filtered through the lens of the City Commission.  Is this going in the right direction?  Maybe we should be asking for the Friday version AND the Monday version?  

Friday's edition is still a public record.