November 14, 2009 (Kearny, NJ) This week's poll entitled "Should KOTW get a link on Kearny's Official website" has come to a conclusion. First, the number of KOTW readers participating in the poll is about the exact percentage of voters who turn out for a Kearny School Board election. Those that did vote however are of the opinion that KOTW should get a link on the Town of Kearny's Official website. There were a total of nineteen readers who voted: 15 or 78.9% of the voters voted Yes while 4 or 21.1% voted No. The turnout was not exactly what KOTW expected. We would have preferred a little more participation on such an important topic. Seriously, it would be nice to have had a larger number of readers participate in our poll. A link on Kearny's Official Town Website would be nice especially since we are celebrating our ninth anniversary.

The Town's webmaster previously articulated the rationale for not having a link to KOTW as follows:

The KOTW shouldn’t be in the town website, anyone can say anything here good or bad though mostly bad. The town web site is a place where one can get information about the town and should put a positive light on the town. In the KOTW anyone can say anything without any fact check. I posted an article about my friend / coworker that died and underneath my post it still say’s “Reason for edit: KOTW Note: The above information has not been confirmed. “ It was posted in the Observer and anyone can call the town itself to get it verified yet it still has the statement. If companies really believe half the stuff they post in here no one will ever want to come to Kearny let alone live here. My job is to help the town and employees, do you think it would be wise to post a website were anyone can say anything without any fact checking. There one article here in the forum about the town getting sue for 25 million dollars, but for some reason it miss all the papers. KOTW link is posted in the library website because the library is for community discussion good or bad.

There were some thoughtful responses both for and against the placement of a link on our Discussion Board entitled "Town of Kearny website,www.kearnynj.org" discussing the above post and other responses. Join the Discussion.