Comments on: Obama lessons for local government http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/01/21/obama-lessons-for-local-government/ Back in the old days -- that's less than a decade and before there were such things as blogs and interactive conversations with readers -- editors used to respond to their newspaper readers with an "editor's note." Sometimes it clarified a point made in a letter to the editor. Sometimes it offered a correction. Sometimes it was just a simple explanation. An editor's note was a handful of sentences; maybe a four or five paragraphs. It was always a personal link between the editor and the reader. Only difference between it and today's blog is the immediacy and the platform. Welcome to Editor's Note. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: pundit84 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/01/21/obama-lessons-for-local-government/#comment-235 pundit84 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:19:18 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/01/21/obama-lessons-for-local-government/#comment-235 I think you are right on target. I would also go one step further. The city/county administrative staffs should do one day a month of community service without pay. The mayor and county board chairman should do this as well. Remember lead by example! It is better to give than to receive. Freedom of Information would be a welcomed relief. Releasing the results of the police survey would be a start. The Rockford Global Alliance would be another area. Conflicts of interests! Hmmmmm! Alderman Doug Mark are you listening? The realtors and land developers on the city council might be another area of conflicts of interests. Also, the biggie is the Riverwalk along the mayor's family's real estate interests as well as campaign contributors' buildings. These are just a few areas to address. I know there are many more. I think you are right on target. I would also go one step further. The city/county administrative staffs should do one day a month of community service without pay. The mayor and county board chairman should do this as well. Remember lead by example! It is better to give than to receive.

Freedom of Information would be a welcomed relief. Releasing the results of the police survey would be a start. The Rockford Global Alliance would be another area.

Conflicts of interests! Hmmmmm! Alderman Doug Mark are you listening? The realtors and land developers on the city council might be another area of conflicts of interests. Also, the biggie is the Riverwalk along the mayor’s family’s real estate interests as well as campaign contributors’ buildings.

These are just a few areas to address. I know there are many more.

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