Mayor Daryl Bennett to host city's first Twitter town hall next Monday

Peterborough residents will have an opportunity to Tweet Mayor Daryl Bennett as he takes to Twitter live during an online town hall meeting Monday morning.

In what the city is dubbing the first town hall meeting of its kind, Bennett will spend an hour answering questions about his two years in the mayor?s seat.

?In one hour, we will answer as many questions as we can. We can rattle off quite a few in that length of time,? Bennett said. ?It?s an indication of the modernization of how we make contact with people. I?m a major proponent of communications. This is just an extension of that.?

On Thursday at 11 a.m. Bennett?s staff will release a mid-term report online detailing the 45 election proposals he made during the 2010 election campaign and the progress he has made on them, a release from his office states.

(The report can be found here: www.peterborough.ca/City_Hall/Mayor_s_Office/Mid_Term_Report.htm).

At 11 a.m. the following Monday (Oct. 29), residents can Tweet Bennett live at his Twitter handle @MayorBennett with their thoughts and concerns about the report. The discussion can be followed by searching the Twitter hashtag ?#45Proposals.

Bennett, who began a Twitter account during his election campaign and set up his mayoral handle shortly after winning, said it has been an invaluable tool to keep in touch with his constituents.

?We engage on a regular basis and I think that makes me and them feel more connected,? said Bennett, who currently has about 1,200 Twitter followers. ?It?s a great way to make contact. You get 140 (characters) that you can put into your message. That doesn?t give you a whole bunch so that has led to further correspondence by more traditional means.?

The mayor didn?t hold a public dialogue after his first year in office, but said the mid-term report will give residents a good indication of the direction the city has gone with him at the helm.

?I didn?t have much to say after one year. There is a report that is coming out (Thursday) that I think people will find very enlightening,? he said.

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Source: http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2012/10/22/mayor-daryl-bennett-to-host-citys-first-twitter-town-hall-next-monday

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