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VITAL CITY LINKS A Resource
Our Onsite Links -- Easy and effective -- Government & Media
Nada's decisive action on graffiti, calling Councilman Jackson, made me wonder if our sites visitors are aware of the direct links to city officials right here on the website, such as our Vital City Links.
Like, how easy it is from here to click on Office of Neighborhood Services to get them involved in Graffiti removal.
A phone call and an e-mail, mentioning gang graffiti and the East Side Boyz -- South Side feud, might spur quick action. It's worth a shot.
A two or three pronged approach would be the most effictive approach I think. Jess called the Graffiti Hotline, Nada's calling the Councilperson, and we need someone to call and send an effective e-mail to the ONS.
The ONS' Director has a directline to the Mayor and thus is important in keeping the Mayor's finger on the pulse of the city's neighborhoods. We should use the Office of Neighborhood Services often. It's a good way of keeping the City informed of our concerns.
Follow through and follow up and be persistant and relentless: it's the only way to succeed in this community work.
Explore Our Links
Click on our link Vital city Links found at the top left of the blog page or the top right of the Home page, and you will find useful information for contacting city officials without even leaving the website.
It is worth while to browse around the site to see what information is available. The Links we put onsite are useful and easy to access.
Vital city Links for instance connects you with contact info for the the Councilman, the Mayor, the Ofice of Neighborhood Services and Rity Murphy, its Director, the City Council President, and the Chief of Police.
Clicking on Government Websites give you three most useful websites, The City, The State, and Providence Plan.
Clicking on Providence City Hall opens ProvidenceRI.com. Our city has quite a good website. From it you can find contact info for almost any level of city government. This site is worth studying. Very useful and very informative.
Media Websites connects you to all the major media outlets.
Explore these resources and use them wisely.
The well written personal letter
Nothing is more effective than a peronal letter, an open letter to the mayor, the chief, the councilman, etc. etc. and a copy cc'd for publication to the Providnece Journal, the East side Monthly.
If we want to succeed we need to get our message out. And to get the message out to the people and institutions who matter and who can affect policy.
Posted at September 14, 2005 12:46 PM
I called the City Council Office and identified myself as a Ward 3 resident, wishing to leave a message for Councilman Jackson. I stated that Mt. Hope residents are extremely concerned about the lingering graffiti on the Cypress Street overpass. I was assured that the City Council Office would forward my request to the anti-grafitti program immediately. We shall see.
Posted by: Nadezhda at September 14, 2005 03:12 PM