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We cannot wait for tomorrow. Not just because it's the season premieres of The Office and Ugly Betty, but also because there's an even more important show debuting. On the internet.
We write, of course, of City Council Meetings, which, starting tomorrow, will be streamed online. Clear your calendars; the meeting starts at 10 a.m.
These meetings were supposed to be broadcast back in 2004, but aldermen are pretty pretty princesses. "Some aldermen complained that cameras free to pan the Council floor could paint an unflattering portrait of inattentive aldermen. They were afraid aldermen who arrive fashionably late, wheel and deal on the Council floor or doze off during long-winded speeches would be forced to clean up their act or risk providing video evidence for aldermanic challengers." And people say our government's priorities are out of whack.
The Sun-Times story says the "cast will be on the City Clerk's website," which we found tough to believe because ... well, click that link. It's like, the hyper color T-shirt of websites. But we called to check and were told the broadcast is a go, and tomorrow we should just "click on the website." Okiedoke. The fancy schmancier Committee On Finance site is supposed to carry it, too, but while that site's more attractive, it hasn't been updated since September 5.
We'll keep you posted on what happens when 50 aldermen stop being nice and start getting real(ly boring). 10 a.m. is too early for a drinking game ... right?
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Will these be archived anywhere for those of us who are unable to watch a council session at 10am?
i hope so, but more for the 'video evidence for aldermanic challengers' angle.
There won't be any archiving, at least for now.
I'll stick up for the long process since I'm close to it. You can get anything done quickly if you throw enough money at it. You don't just tape a few webcams up and start streaming. The City Council has had many more pressing issues to address from 2004 until now then to make sure the video streaming was completed.
If they had spent extra money and done it quickly they'd have been mocked for wasting taxpayer money so they can't win for trying.
There was zero discussion or action from early 2004 until 2006 when the whole project was revisted.
I hope you enjoy meeting :)
Let he who has not had a $100k/year job where you can show up late to important meetings, commit unethical practices and take a nap on the clock cast the first stone.
Did someone tell Ald. Stone to set his alarm when the camera pans?
All sorts of cities have cameras, and have had them for years. It's just hard to believe that Chicago is so backwater Midwest but it is. I guess Aldermen do have some more pressing issues like the ones trying to get the Mayor to stop defending criminals like Burge who tortured people in jail in the 80's ... and we are sooo worried about Abu Ghraib?
Alderman Bernie Stone caught sleeping.
Anyone getting this to work? I can't get the stream to start.