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Palo Alto takes to Twitter for outreach

Mayor, city manager to answer residents' questions Monday at city's first Twitter Q&A

by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Fri, Feb 24, 2012, 11:02 am 1
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Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh and City Manager James Keene will answer questions in 140 characters or less Monday as part of the city's latest effort to reach out to the community.

The city will hold its first ever Twitter Q&A at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27. The 30-minute event, facilitated by the city's Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental, will allow city residents, business owners and anyone else with a Twitter account to pose questions for Yeh and Keene.

Registered Twitter users can submit questions by using the hashtag #AskMayorYeh. To watch the stream of questions and answers, Twitter users can either follow the city's Twitter account, @cityofpaloalto, or type #AskMayorYeh into Twitter's search or discover boxes.

The city is also soliciting feedback from residents about using Twitter for community outreach. Comments can be emailed to city.manager@cityofpaloalto.org.

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Palo Alto takes to Twitter for outreach

Mayor, city manager to answer residents' questions Monday at city's first Twitter Q&A

by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Fri, Feb 24, 2012, 11:02 am

Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh and City Manager James Keene will answer questions in 140 characters or less Monday as part of the city's latest effort to reach out to the community.

The city will hold its first ever Twitter Q&A at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27. The 30-minute event, facilitated by the city's Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental, will allow city residents, business owners and anyone else with a Twitter account to pose questions for Yeh and Keene.

Registered Twitter users can submit questions by using the hashtag #AskMayorYeh. To watch the stream of questions and answers, Twitter users can either follow the city's Twitter account, @cityofpaloalto, or type #AskMayorYeh into Twitter's search or discover boxes.

The city is also soliciting feedback from residents about using Twitter for community outreach. Comments can be emailed to city.manager@cityofpaloalto.org.

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A-Day-Late-And-A-Dollar-Short!
Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm
A-Day-Late-And-A-Dollar-Short!, Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm

San Francisco has been on Twitter since mid 2009---

Web Link

City of San Francisco:
Web Link

SF 311 Information:
Web Link

The City of Palo Alto is hopeless behind the 8-ball when it comes to what is available in the eco-verse of digital information technology and its use!

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