Here comes City Clerk Sandra Kennedy, blazing a trail into 21st century technology with blinding speed:
Sandra Kennedy, who has held the city clerk's office since 1983, on Wednesday announced a plan to replace stacks of paper with tablet computers for council members; stream meetings live on the Web; and provide easier mobile access to agendas, ordinances and other council documents.
“It'll be nice to see this iPad around the table, and not a stack of paper,” said Kennedy, a Democrat, adding that the “paperless” initiative could save her office $10,000 a year in supplies and administrative costs.
Each of council's nine members will get an Apple iPad at a cost of $499 each, said Jim Haley, information technology director with the city. Haley said the most basic model of the tablet computer fit council's needs.
Well, not really. People have been trying to push Kennedy into being more innovative and technologically savvy for years, but she wasn't having any of it. Her Republican opponent in this year's election thinks he knows why she's suddenly so hot to modernize:
Kennedy's Republican challenger in the November election, Zach Bonahoom, has made technology and efficiency the focus of his campaign
