Lookit, that's Bob Seger on the tube! Maryland likes its rock the same way it likes its legislative access: old!
Maryland sure loves that “old time rock and roll” when it comes to online access. Len Lazarick over at MarylandReporter.com has this write-up:
The homepage for the General Assembly looks pretty much as it did in the late 1990s. It displays none of the latest bells and whistles seen on many governmental websites, such as the one for Gov. Martin O’Malley.
“It’s been the same design for a while,” said Michael Gaudiello, the chief technology officer for the legislature. And he said there are no plans to redesign it any time soon.
“I’m assuming at some point we’ll do that,” Gaudiello said.
So in that vein we dredge up Bob Seger (and the Silver Bullet Band) to honor open government in the “Free State.” Is anyone shocked that the General Assembly techies are saying “Don’t try to take me to a disco/You’ll never even get me out on the floor”? Of course state politics junkies would rather “Just take those old records off the shelf/ I’ll sit and listen to ‘em by myself.”
You know what’s cooler than “open government”? Nostalgia and inconvenience! Rock on.
