September 04, 2005

""NFL debate goes to Internet"

"The decision to publish the text of a proposed NFL ballot initiative on the city-owned Web site has raised eyebrows among those who oppose the measure and sparked an internal debate in the city over the precedent it sets.
A link to the text first appeared on the city's home page -- www.cityofpasadena.net -- on Aug. 16 or 17, about a week after the proponents submitted the measure to the City Clerk's Office.

This set off a flurry of e-mails between city spokeswoman Ann Erdman and City Manager Cynthia Kurtz, both of whom expressed grave reservations about having the raw text of a non-city ballot proposition posted on the site.

"This certainly sets a new precedent that makes me nervous," Erdman wrote to Kurtz on Aug. 17. "Was this authorized to be posted on our Web site?"

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Posted by Randy Riddle at September 4, 2005 10:02 AM