Scottsboro City Hall, photo by G. Morgan
The City of Scottsboro, Alabama has began videoing and placing on Social Media, You Tube and Facebook, their City Council Meetings. You Tube City of Scottsboro Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnca4uius_sv4T_kvoDbErQ/videos
Facebook Link, which also contains their meeting Agenda: https://www.facebook.com/cityofscottsboro
Many Thanks to the Jackson County Commission for Their Commitment to Transparency in Government
The Jackson County Commission had began live Facebook video of their meetings earlier in the year. The video record and live showing of the Jackson County Commission meetings may be seen on Facebook at, link: https://www.facebook.com/JCCommissionAL
Agendas and information - Agenda link: https://www.jacksoncountyal.gov/agendacenter
Information link: https://www.jacksoncountyal.gov/
BRAVO TO THE CITY OF SCOTTSBORO
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Quote by the Honorable Louis D. Brandeis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1916-1939.
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Sunlight Foundation: https://sunlightfoundation.com/about/
Justice Brandeis did not have the benefits of technology as we do today, the technology of the internet, the information dissemination of social media in our world, nations states and communities of the 21st Century. "Judge Brandeis and the History of Transparency:" https://sunlightfoundation.com/2009/05/26/brandeis-and-the-history-of-transparency/
We hear many complaints regarding the dissemination of disinformation, "fake news," on the internet's social media platforms and formal media. Disinformation and misinformation is a problem, utilize critical thinking, media referencing and resource skills to sort out disinformation and misinformation, the internet is your friendly tool to accomplish the task.
Beware of those who would attempt to diminish the importance of information technology and the benefits of social media in the dissemination of information to you the individual in our communities. Beware of the government endorsed censor who would endeavor to remove the expression of thought and words, even that of disinformation and misinformation. --- The Tools for discovering Truth in all media formats = critical thinking, media resourcing and research: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/digital_media_literacy_draft_v5.pdf , verbal and written expression are our personal tools; our system of Justice, our Constitution and Laws, protect our Rights of Speech and insure responsible actions, these are our individual and societal tools.
In the words of James Madison, 1822: "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."
