Politics & Government

City Leaders to Host Live Twitter Q&A

This is your chance to grill Mayor Yeh and City Manager Keene on any topic.

Curious about the City’s Zero Waste efforts? Wondering when your street will get paved? Worried about the city’s disaster readiness?

This Monday, you’ll have a chance to ask Mayor Yiaway Yeh and City Manager James Keene anything you’d like, via a live Twitter Q&A facilitated by the city’s new Chief Information Officer, Jonathan Reichental.

Here’s how it works:

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  • To submit a question, a registered Twitter user composes a tweet question and appends it with the hashtag #AskMayorYeh. Here is an example tweet: What is it like to be a Mayor of Palo Alto? #AskMayorYeh.
  • To follow along with the Q&A session, there are two options (a) Follow @cityofpaloalto and watch the tweet stream or (b) Type #AskMayorYeh into the Search or Discover boxes of the Twitter Web application.
  • If you are new to Twitter, go to www.twitter.com and register for free.

The City also wants your feedback on the Q&A itself. Do you think it’s a good way to communicate with your government leaders? Email your thoughts to city.manager@cityofpaloalto.org.


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