Local blogger goes over to the other side
By adamg - Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:47am.
Amy Derjue, late of Boston Magazine, is now City Councilor Mike Ross's communications director, Boston Magazine reports.
Hmm, if Ross runs for mayor against John Tobin (hey, it could happen), we'd have blog wars: She'd be competing with blogger Steve Garfield, who put together Tobin's campaign site.
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What financial crisis?
OK - we're in the middle of a financial crisis and we have to hire communications directors? Don't we already have some of those at city hall? How often does the city council "communicate" with the public - why do we need a full time staffer doing this when city councilors already have a staff of 3-4? Personally I'd rather maintain a fire truck with the money and have our city councilors communicate with us directly. I don't need a middleperson.
A note about pay
Fear not, Steve-- my salary doesn't cost you any additional money. Each city councilor has a set staff budget, and a slightly higher allowance comes with the presidency. Councilor Ross has gained a staffer, while Councilor Feeney will lose one.
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Amy - nothing personal - you're just doing your job which isn't to make the budget. But when the city is talking about replacing a Communications Director vs. laying off teachers and cops, I come down on the side of no communications and one more teacher or an extra cop.
Can I safely assume that all 13 councilors would agree on this so we can rest assured that we won't see any further headlines about laying off teachers and cops?
OMG
And what if Derjue is actually working as a double-agent to bring about the fall of the People's Republik bar by creating a patsy from a weak Mike Ross Trade Federation so that Garfield and Tobin can assume control turning us into an Evil Empire...
Begun, the blog wars have.
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