One of the things I post on the South Portland government web page is all the litigation that the city is involved in. I can tell you that the city probably doesn't like to have that advertised, but I think they're dealing with constituent's money and public funds, and the public should know how it's being spent and who's suing who. With a government web site I think you would find there would be a frowning on posting anything that makes the government look bad. You'd have very limited confines within which to say what you wanted to say. In fact the legislative newsletter is kind of a key to that.
Every legislator has, once a year, a state paid newsletter.
But prior to going out it has to be approved by the House Clerk, and the House Clerk goes through and edits it. I think you would see the same thing with a web page if it were under state control. It's very much becoming a global economy, and we have to enable a small supplier of Maine goods to be able to sell worldwide and make those contacts. While Kevin Glynn is the only member of the Maine House of Representatives to have his own web site, the House has a web site of it's own and many members have their own e-mail addresses.