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Talking to a mayor in Yahoo Live
I’ve been having some fun with Yahoo Live for some time now. We’ve all heard about the technical problems that have plagued the service since it’s beginning a couple of months back, but I’ve enjoyed watching anonymous people playing guitar or displaying their DJ skills for a couple of friends and casual spectators.
I’ve subscribed to Yahoo Live twitter user, and i get occasional announcements of stuff going on in Live. I was quite surprised to see that there was a town hall being held. An actual Town Hall, from a small city in Spain called Jun, with an actual mayor, talking to actual people concerned about their town needs.
I caught the event early on and was able to talk to mayor José Salas about this, and he was quite happy to explain to me that he’s been doing this sort of stuff for some years now. Jun is known for having an Internet friendly stance, being regarded by the European Community as the birth place of the active teledemocracy.
These are the things that make the endless hours of roaming through the web worthwhile. If you hurry up you can still catch the event live at http://live.yahoo.com/alcaldejun. You can also check the Mayor’s blog for the next event.
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