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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 --- 28 days ago http://blogs.phillynews.com/dailynews/nextmayor/2008/07/parking_is_easy_democrac
| It's a tale of two cities. Or at least two governments. On one hand, you have the Philadelphia Parking Authority. The agency is considering a high-tech system that would help find a place to park in center city. Sensors would be installed in parking spaces and linked with a constantly updated website. Drivers could access the site via their cell phone or PDA. On the other hand, you have the Philadelphia City Commissioners. The group responsible for overseeing our elections claims it can't make returns available to the general public. Currently, election results are posted online but placed behind a firewall. A small group of media outlets and connected insiders get passwords to access the results. According to the Commissioners, the system would crash if it was made available to everyone. Does anyone else see some irony in this juxtaposition? We have the technology to monitor every single parking space in center city butcan't figure out a way to put some spreadsheets online. I suspect that the website for parking spaces will be a lot more popular than election results, but that misses the point. Citizens should have access to as much information as possible regarding elections. After all, democracy is pretty much meaningless without tools for participation. If we've got the ability to put parking spaces online, why can't we do something as fundamental as put election returns on the web? I'm not the only person who thinks so. Dan UA ov ... |
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