I am quite impressed with Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts’ recent seeing of the social media light.
Late last year the City of Surrey website was redesigned and is one of the best municipal websites in BC.
Then in January of this year she signed up for a Twitter account (@MayorWatts) and sent her first of thus far sixteen Tweets on April 5th. She is obviously taking a slow and cautious aproach to Tweeting which is not a bad thing at this stage.
Finally, today, in a move that will shock and stun many other municipalities (note to self – please refrain from obvious cracks at politicians that basic elements such as walking and chewing gum tend to “shock and stun” some of them…there, that was easy) Mayor Watts had her 2011 State of the City Address Livestreamed to the masses.
Yes, the crowd of a few hundred paying about $100 got to see her live and in person, but for the first time in BC History (note, I have not actually fact checked this…that would slow me down) a municipality showed this address over the Internet in real time.
I think that is awesome and hope other municipalities and the Provincial Government will utilizie this much more in the near future.
Until then, here is Mayor Watts’ address.
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