Small town Texas has big web presence
Have you ever heard of Manor, TX? Probably not. It’s a small town in Texas with 6,500 residents, and it happens to be one of the technological hotspots for Gov 2.0.
Manor is currently piloting over a dozen technological programs, like See.Click.Fix., QR codes (those bars that cell phone can scan), and a virtual suggestion box that’s gotten up to 2,000 comments from the small town.
And while I’m happy to see a small town work hard for civic engagement, I wish I’d seen a stronger transparency score. Manor scored a “D” transparency score on SR, and failed to post things like contracts or even e-mails for their city council. I hope to see Manor continue to be cutting edge, but I also would like to see them cover the basics first.
Update: Manor updated it’s website within a day of this post and doubled it’s transparency and improved to a “B” transparency grade.
Thanks for your post. We would be happy to work with the Sunshine Review to open up Manor in a more insightful way! In response to your blog post we made an open government index page (http://cityofmanor.org/wordpress/open-gov/) that makes some of the previously posted items easier to find. I appreciate your insights and look forward to your response.
That’s great to hear! My e-mail is Kristinpedia@sunshinereview.org, or you can give me a call at 810-623-2623.