« The business of Second Life | Main | Turning off self-awareness » Correcting perceptions of the Open Government AmendmentVoters in Austin will be voting on an Open Government Amendment to the City Charter next month. Opponents to the amendment (Proposition 1 on the ballot) have created a campaign against its passage based on contentions about the amendment that are simply incorrect. Either they've misread the amendment, or they feel threatened by the idea of easier, broader citizen access to information about the city's operations and agreements. The latter would be troubling, to say the least. Interesting to see that Central Austin Democrats, West Austin Democrats, Capital Area Progressive Democrats, and University Democrats are supposedly all opposing the amendment - I tend to expect Democrats to support such things, and I suspect they've been taken in by the misleading interpretations circulated far and wide. If you're confuseed about the amendment and wonder what the fuss is about, it's helpful to read "Further thoughts on the new ballot language for Prop 1" posted by Scott Brown at OpenNetworks.org. Scott's done his homework, and he explains why the court-ordered rewrite of the ballot's language is still misleading. jon posted this at 10:44 AM |
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