The top of page one article at today’s LNP-Always Lancaster is about the showing of the movie, “Dear White People.” According to IMDB, the movie is “A social satire that follows the stories of four black students at an Ivy League college where controversy breaks out over a popular but offensive black-face party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in acutely-not-post-racial America while weaving a universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world.”

In a related vein, it’s interesting that the Ferguson, Missouri, municipal Website is now communicating with its citizens about the situation in Ferguson. The community is now actively using its facebook pages to keep citizens advised and informed. And it true First Amendment fashion, it does not inhibit dissenting views, even incredible ones as this, “The voice of the disenfranchised is not louder than the heartbeat of this city. May God bless you citizens, friends, neighbors , police… We’ll put civil back in civilization.”

Why don’t all municipalities use available communication media to communicate with its citizens?