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Banning Twitter At Meetings Is Silly
- By Alyssa Rosenberg
- April 23, 2009
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But, they did it at San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit authority meetings. I've argued before, and I'll argue again, that openness always is a positive thing. Sure, you may get caught saying that an Adam Sandler movie proves gay people will commit fraud to get insurance, or asking whether participants in a performance management system go through a ratings process. But if you're not able to accept the risk that you'll make a fool of yourself in public, you probably aren't cut out to be an elected official or an appointee anyway. Trying to cut down on what people communicate from public meetings is always going to produce more outcry than it prevents. Meetings should stay open. Folks shouldn't be afraid of coverage.
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