Why is it to Councilors’ advantage to make more readily available the full transcript of the last public meeting of Boston City Council stored in a computer file on the Diamante Stenograph machine in the Council Chamber?
A Councilor’s words in the public meeting made more well known to all a) communicate the work, the efforts, the arguments of the Councilor. Council communications b) give the people a better opportunity to read and submit feedback, comment, questions, suggestions, ideas. Knowing more about your favorite Councilor improves Council communications. The public meeting of Boston City Council would be c) more accessible to folks with hearing loss. d) A searchable full transcript, e) more complete than minutes, is f) easier to read through than watching video and g) already budgeted for with public funds.
