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: Environmental Legal BlogsNewark Mayor uses Twitter to help manage snow emergency - Yahoo! News
By STEPHEN HOLZER
While Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces criticism over New York City's slow response to the northeast blizzard, a nearby big-city mayor is getting praise for his unique, hands-on response to the snow emergency. The Village Voice has already proclaimed Newark Mayor Cory Booker as the "Hero of the Snowpocalypse."
For the past two days, Booker has been responding non-stop to residents' concerns over Twitter. Booker's Twitter feed has offered a fascinating window into how a public official can harness social media to handle a city crisis.
via news.yahoo.com
Full post as published by Environmental Legal Blogs on December 29, 2010 (boomark / email).
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