I've been receiving (and deleting) a lot of "comment spam" on my older posts. Comment spam are unrelated comments that list website url's in an attempt to improve search engine rankings. So I have turned on comment moderation for anything older than 30 days. You are still welcome to comment on older posts, you will just have to wait until I get around to approving the comment before it appears. It is rare for me to receive real comments on old posts, so I don't think it is a problem.
Again the rules for comments here:
1) Keep it civil.
2) Don't speak for anyone else or assign motivations to others.
3) No unsupported accusations.
#2 is the rule most frequently violated. I want to hear what you think, and I believe a free exchange of views in a public forum is important to our communities.
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thank you. I have noticed a lot of mudslinging at Monona public officials lately...some that I know to be rather untrue.
It is only the old posts that have moderation, but if you see a post you think is unfair please let me know. My board email is the best bet (which I won't post here to limit the spam).
Isn't your board email for board business?
And subject to open records law? And funded by the district?
I used to use a personal address for correspondence related to this blog, but some of my colleagues on the board expressed concern that such correspondence might be subject to the open records law, so I changed my practice - by using my board email address it is automatically archived in such a way as to be in compliance with the law and avoids conflating personal with public emails on an other accounts. I would prefer to use a private account, but this is precisely the reason we have board accounts: to provide us with an avenue for communication with the public that is in compliance with the open records law.
I suggest use of my board email even when you aren't sure whether it is a public or private message out of an abundance of caution concerning compliance with the law! When I receive anything remotely related to board business on my private email address I automatically forward it to my board address to make sure I am in compliance.
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