During the last campaign cycle Indiana politicians were seen to be using a little bit of social media, a blog here and there, and I think a few of them even played around with twitter. Over the last month I've noticed that a few more have migrated to twitter, so I went on a hunt this morning for twitter profiles for politicians. If you have more that I've missed, please submit in comments and I'll update.
I'll do a separate post on party officials on twitter, yes both parties.
Alright Indiana tweeps, I'm sure I am missing some, or maybe this post will get some of the existing political crop to at least hold their own names so squatters don't grab them.
Many politicians start out assigning their social media work to a staffer, and although this may work on facebook and blogs, twitter really demands a little bit of personality. Staffer generated tweets are pretty quickly dismissed as broadcast media and not worth engaging. A word of recommendation, if you are an elected official at any level in Indiana and see the potential to engage your constituents on twitter, do so yourself. Even one personal tweet a day and you'll be amazed the following.
You may think you're busy, but last I checked Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove are both personally tweeting from their blackberries, you aren't more busy than they are.
I'll be the first to admit I was a bit ticked when I tried to read the ranking and found that I needed a subscription, just seemed "old world" paradigm to me. I've tried to interact with Howey a couple times, but he seems to favor a few of you guys in Indy over hyper local reporting from the Region. When we posted a series of three articles on the Gary Distressed Unit Board filing, with a writer in the room posting live, he seemed to find the Indy Star reporting 24 hours later better.
Oh well, I don't think they picked up the lead when the residents against the bailout for Gary met the firefighters in the hallway with "we'll back you guys if you help us take down Rudy."
Now, what the scoop on this article by Advance Indiana and peppering Howey with ridicule for his Power 50 list? I'm sure there's a back story, love to hear it. How about a Hoosier Access poll on most influential people in Indiana Josh? My nominations: Mitch Daniels, Pat Bauer, Pete Visclosky, Mike Pence, G'wood Mayor Henderson for huge annex grab, Chair of Distressed Unit Board Kitchel, CEO of Mittal Steel, Todd Rokita (where's he going next?) ... Just thinking out loud.
First let me say thanks to those that attended, I think we had 15 total and next time we'll easily see 20 plus if the weather if a bit better. To those that attended, please feel free to comment liberally on ideas and thoughts on where we can collaborate.
Our evening's hosts Golden Technologies - terrific team of IT and software consultants from Valparaiso were magnanimous in extending hospitality ... thanks again!
In attendance:
A great time to fellowship and get to know each other, if you missed this one, please try to make the next one, which we'll probably try to get set in March. Some things we decided to work on in the future in no particular order:
If I've missed stuff, leave in comments and I'll raise up as updates to this post.
Related Posts:
A Shoutout to Golden Technologies
First NWI Blogger Meetup Was A Success
Northwest Indiana Bloggers Meet
If you've posted a recap and links back to Golden, let me know and I'll add to the related posts list here.
With the election over, much of the angry talk is gone for the next year, and we can focus on positive good government debate and interaction here. It's been a while since I've done a general rundown of political news in the Region, if I've missed some stories, put in comments below and we'll graduate good ones to full posts this week.
From Merrillville Howard Fink promoted at Town of Merrillville
"Mayor David Uran is noncommittal about the possibility of the county seat as a location for the future home of a Northwest Indiana garbage-to-ethanol plant.
Uran said he had the opportunity to see firsthand what the Lake County Solid Waste Management District would be voting on, and as a voting member, he wanted to take the opportunity to do so.
Uran called the plant "impressive" and "odorless."
From First Financial Trust Mortgage:
$417,000 in Porter County for a single family home 
$417,000 in Lake County for a single family home
$417,000 in LaPorte County for a single family home
This is good news, in some parts of the country with declining home values these loan limits were reduced this week for 2009 FHA loans. This means even less people will be able to access FHA loans.
FHA is the most solid lending source right now. If you are looking to purchase or refinance you may very well need an FHA loan. FHA loans are guaranteed by the government but are not owned by the government, this is a popular misconception. The loans are pooled into bonds, the very bonds that were the hype of many financial sector stories this fall, and sold into the securities markets. You can get a loan, trust me, but we should talk soon so we can iron out any issues prior to you making an offer on a house.
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