What's New is Old Again

Alas, I hate to say it but the city get's a big FAIL for the website. Back in September, we applauded the news that the city had a new website. They might as well have kept the old one if they are never going to update this new one.

We were excited that they had an RSS feed. We plugged that into the right side of the page on OVCC. Alas, you don't get to see any "bells and whistles" because it is all dependent on the city updating the website.

For the Monday, 1/26 CC meeting--there was not an agenda posted. Yet, they have an entire section of the website devoted to meeting agendas and minutes. The page is there, it just lacks substance.

Filing for the April 2009 election recently closed. Yet, there is nothing on the website that states who the candidates are in the upcoming election. I guess we will have to wait for our Localite and its ads to find out what is happening in our town.

What is it going to take for the city to jump into the 21st century and start communicating with the citizens via its online presence?

And how much did we pay for the website redesign? I hope it was zero or next to nothing with as little as it is used.