Comments on: Eric Garcetti Twitters. Do You Follow?

By: David Markland

David Markland — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:19:16 +0000

Evan, the love comes largely from Eric’s embracing of blogs and involving himself with online discussions. I disagree with him on plenty of stuff, but respect that he treats his constituency as peers and not as, well, constituents, is a rarity among public figures.

By: Burns!

Burns! — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:25:03 +0000

After living in L.A. all of my life, as of next week I’ll finally have “Los Angeles” in my return address. And it turns out I’ll be in CD13. Guess I better follow Garcetti’s Tweets to find out where the best pudding is in my new ‘hood.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:31:23 +0000

David M — I know. It was a rhetorical question. You should see the motley crew of “People I May Know” that shows up because of my City of Los Angeles FB friends. J/k!

By: bromike666

bromike666 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:09:00 +0000

You forgot to post this tweet. “Having coffee and thinking of new creative ways to waste $$$ and bankrupt Los Angeles”

By: victorialane

victorialane — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:21:15 +0000

It’s still such a new sensation to actually be impressed by politicians.

More please!

By: evan

evan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:20:50 +0000

I’ll be honest–I really don’t get the Eric Garcetti love from so many blogs. I mean, his political views aren’t awful, but when it comes to development and billboards, he’s not very good.

Is it because he blogs and uses social networking tools that makes him seem more likable?

By: Jason Burns

Jason Burns — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:52:37 +0000

DM – I hope you don’t think I was critcizing E’s use of Twitter. I think it’s awesome.

That was the whole point of the post. I wish more of L.A.’s officials would reach out to us. Of course, most of them cannot even set the clock on a VCR.

By: David Markland

David Markland — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:38:01 +0000

Matt, you’d have to take that up with Facebook, but it probably has all to do with the fact that many of your friends are also FB friends of his… nothing political going on.

I really see no point in criticizing how or why he uses Twitter – dudes a nerd like many of us here. If you don’t want to follow him on Twitter, then don’t.

I do wish his and other council districts had their one Twitter feeds. WOuld be a great way for their wired constituents to stay in the loop.

By: lucindamichele

lucindamichele — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:37:08 +0000

Mmmmm, pudding.

Mmmmm, Eric Garcetti.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:08:02 +0000

How can I remove him from my Facebook “People You May Know”? I don’t live in the city of Los Angeles, so he’s not my local official. I may know him, but I don’t.