Friday, May 06, 2005
Live in NYC? Elect Rasiej!
Andrew Rasiej is running for NYC Public Advocate. Public Advocate is kinda like vice-mayor, except that the Public Advocate is elected independently of (and is free to oppose) the mayor.
Andrew gets the connectedness of life on line, he knows the potential of technology to make city government more transparent and open, and he intends to harness the power of open technology even before he's elected. The Rasiej campaign talks about, "lighting up buildings or blocks in poor neighborhoods with free wifi, using cellphone text-messaging and a bunch of volunteers to show how easy it would be to inform people when the next train or bus is actually coming, [and] showing the city a photographic map of its worst potholes, using Flickr." Rasiej's campaign staff says, "Our supporters are smarter than us."
Andrew is accepting ONLY campaign contributions of $100 or less. (If you live in NYC, and you contribute THIS WEEK, before May 11, the city matches your contribution 4:1 -- your contribution of $100 is worth $500 to the campaign.)
Here's where to learn more, to volunteer, to contribute.
Andrew gets the connectedness of life on line, he knows the potential of technology to make city government more transparent and open, and he intends to harness the power of open technology even before he's elected. The Rasiej campaign talks about, "lighting up buildings or blocks in poor neighborhoods with free wifi, using cellphone text-messaging and a bunch of volunteers to show how easy it would be to inform people when the next train or bus is actually coming, [and] showing the city a photographic map of its worst potholes, using Flickr." Rasiej's campaign staff says, "Our supporters are smarter than us."
Andrew is accepting ONLY campaign contributions of $100 or less. (If you live in NYC, and you contribute THIS WEEK, before May 11, the city matches your contribution 4:1 -- your contribution of $100 is worth $500 to the campaign.)
Here's where to learn more, to volunteer, to contribute.
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