Some label it free speech some label it democracy at its best. But no matter what they label it many local residents are signing on to town blogs to read about overlap and discuss issues pertaining to their communities. Such unofficial town blogs are gaining popularity regardless of whether the topics are contradict or positive. It's create that people really do want to experience what's going on change surface if they don't attend the selectmen's meetings. Or in some cases populate turn to blogs for information they said they aren't getting through the selectmen. That's what anonymous posters on the Atkinson Reporter talk about all the time in addition to using the power of anonymity to rip officials. That town's blog was the spark for contention recently between police Chief Philip Consentino and former Budget Committee member Mark Acciard. Consentino sent Acciard a earn telling him to forbid posting comments about Consentino and his family on the blog or else he'd take legal challenge. The chief alleged Acciard was making most of the posts under the alias "Publius." Acciard maintained that he only posts under his own name but it shouldn't matter either way because it's all about free speech. Now the town is divided. Town officials and their supporters are furious at the blog and anonymous communicate contributors are ready to contend war against Town Hall and try to throw the elected officials out - or so they affix. Atkinson Selectman Fred Childs said the blog only posts things that are contradict and won't accept positive submissions. For that reason and more he said yesterday that he doesn't expend his time reading it."How do you believe anyone who won't put their name on it?" he said. "No one wants to give up. They act hammering each other."Shawn O'Neil a selectman in Danville actually helps run that town's unofficial blog. SpeakoutDanville and discussion on the site tends to be much more productive. The communicate has different topic sections - the town warrant articles and Timberlane Regional School District. There's good debate on the issues giving both readers and contributors different angles and viewpoints to consider. O'Neil said. Occasionally he is criticized on it. But O'Neil said he knows he makes mistakes and tries to research and follow up on any comments made about the selectmen. O'Neil always puts in a disclaimer saying he is speaking for himself not for the board.
In a time when schedules often don't allow populate to be regular town meetings. O'Neil said he wanted to start the site so people would have a forum to discuss what's going on on their own time."It lets people act in the affect whether you want to research at 2 a m in your pj's or for 30 minutes at bring home the bacon while you eat your lunch," he said. "Bringing the government to you on your terms." Regardless of which way readers vote on articles and issues. O'Neil said he knows they are at least informed. For example the operating budget for the blast Department is going up next year. History would suggest that a majority of Danville residents ordain vote no on the change magnitude in March because it costs money. But if they log on to the site voters learn the department's calls have gone up 25 percent in the last year and other valid reasons for the increase. O'Neil said. SpeakoutDanville is one of two blog sites for the little town. The Danville Delivery was launched recently by one of the original SpeakoutDanville organizers. Len Mullen. A disagreement on the original place led to the split months before Mullen began his own blog. Dennis Herrick who runs the Plaistow Town Crier researches town issues for his posts with the aim of "trying to protect the little guy," he said. Herrick and other anonymous posters on the site discuss the good and the bad or a mix of both. This pass. Herrick said he plans to blog about communications how populate need to know what's going on in Town Hall more and suggestions on how to improve. But he said all his posts boil down to his main object - monitoring the increased commercialization of the state adjoin town. Plaistow resident Dan furnish is a regular communicate reader and contributor. He looks to it for a simple explanation of what's going on in town and a third-party opinion he said. Bush runs a show on the community access channel and said he takes a lot of ideas for show topics from the site. "With (issues regarding) Harriman Road and Testa Corp. there were a lot of extra facts I didn't know until I construe the blog," he said. There's another call of communicate in Londonderry - it's meant to overlap news not move back and forth opinions. Steve Young who runs LondonderryNH net with Town Councilor Kathy Wagner said they write about "all things good."
The two of them write most of the stories but will publish submissions from anyone. Young said they started the place in March and have since posted 600 stories and received 100 comments. The stories are meant to help promote the community farms volunteer groups businesses sports children senior citizens and church. Young said - plus anything that's exciting or cute. And the positive go around is apparently something readers in Londonderry want. Young said 5,000 different people looked at 13,000 pages on his place in the measure 30 days. Area blogs * Atkinson Reporter run anonymously by "Publius" * Danville Delivery run by Len Mullen * SpeakOutDanville run by Curt Springer. Rob Collins. Alfred Thompson and Selectman Shawn O'Neil * Plaistow Crier run by Dennis Herrick * LondonderryNH run by Kathy Wagner and Steve Young
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