The governor of Massachusetts is (trying) to reach back to the people who elected him.
This past weekend, devalpatrick.com went live. You can post an issue that you think is important, and supposedly it will get to the governor's attention.
Good idea...let's see if there's follow through. What I'd like to see is a huge investment in the commuter rail service, and a much bigger investment in bike paths (for commuting reasons.) Massachusetts ranks something like 49th in the country in bike path construction.
But one thing that's lame on the site, and you wonder who the heck keeps advising the governor on things, is that there's a button to contribute to his campaign fund. It kind of waters down the the cool intent of giving people a chance to talk one-on-one with the gov. Politicians always have to have their hand out, but there's a time and place for everything, and I don't think this is the place to solicit contributions. It's for the people of Massachusetts, and he turned it into a site for himself.
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