A blog, even wrong, is good feedback to government

The recent Advocate article describing the angst of the city law director over misinformation in blogs is significant for a couple reasons.

Number one: this is the first official public admission to my knowledge that anybody in government cares what bloggers think.

Number two: It behooves those who claim to be serving the public to monitor, as best they can, what commentors/bloggers are saying. There has never been a more efficient system for feedback than responses being written to Advocate news reports or in blogs - and feedback is exactly what officialdom should cultivate, not attack.

Whatever misinformation is being written is what folks truly believe; I don't think many folks deliberately lie in their comments or blogs. Instead, they just don't get it. Whatever is not understood does need to be factored into responses by the Deciders in government and quasi-government such as schools.

Though the law director would instruct us on "the proper way to get involved in city government,” he ought to be thankful that government is getting a lot of feedback, anonymously or otherwise.