Thu
Feb 20 2020
11:24 pm
CTV online
By: michael kaplan

After sitting through four hours of the City Council meeting tonight (the selection of District 1 council rep), I decided to watch the remainder of it at home on CTV stream. The image is almost unviewable and the audio unintelligible. This is how CTV explains it:

We apologize for any technical difficulties we may experience from time to time with our Live Stream and Facebook Live when online viewer demand is high. We appreciate your patience.

Technology surely exists for quality streaming. Why isn't the city using it?

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michael kaplan's picture

Update

Submitted by michael kaplan on Thu, 2020/02/20 - 11:38pm.

Quality suddenly improved.

Sandra Clark's picture

I'm watching too. Must have

Submitted by Sandra Clark on Thu, 2020/02/20 - 11:46pm.

I'm watching too. Must have been a camera issue or feed from one camera. The long view is interesting but can't see applicants' face.

Sandra Clark's picture

Funny thing

Submitted by Sandra Clark on Thu, 2020/02/20 - 11:50pm.

Watching Tommy Smith and wondering if six women will select the young, white male who would have been the top pick of 200 years of previous councils. Maybe, but not on first ballot.

michael kaplan's picture

Ashley Capps' endorsement

Submitted by michael kaplan on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 12:51am.
(in reply to Sandra Clark)

Ashley Capps' endorsement surely helped. Wondering if the shopping hub will now move from Chapman Highway to Sevier Avenue.

Sandra Clark's picture

agree

Submitted by Sandra Clark on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 1:40am.
(in reply to michael kaplan)

Smith just looked and sounded well-grounded. Ashley Capps didn't hurt him. Why do we get better candidates for appointments than elections?

Alex_Falk's picture

hmm

Submitted by Alex_Falk on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 6:41am.
(in reply to Sandra Clark)

must have been the haircut

Treehouse's picture

Yup

Submitted by Treehouse on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 9:20am.
(in reply to Sandra Clark)

A young white guy. Yeah. (not)

Sandra Clark's picture

Smith wins on 4th ballot

Submitted by Sandra Clark on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 12:14am.

Tommy Smith wins with seven votes and one (Parker) abstention.

Knoxgal's picture

If you really want to be entertained

Submitted by Knoxgal on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 9:46am.

If you really want to be entertained while watching CTV, turn on closed captioning. There’s little correlation between what’s being said and what the captions read. The captions are pretty amusing and rarely make any sense.

I was impressed with the talent of the people who put themselves forward for the seat and with the careful vetting City Council put them through.

michael kaplan's picture

it was an interesting

Submitted by michael kaplan on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 10:55am.
(in reply to Knoxgal)

it was an interesting evening. the pizza was appreciated.

Knoxgal's picture

Yes, the pizza is a nice gesture

Submitted by Knoxgal on Fri, 2020/02/21 - 11:11am.

It’s a nice gesture for those who show up and a nod toward democracy as a participatory sport. One reason why I love participating in local government so much. It’s the ability to get close to the action and have an influence (not the pizza).

I think Madeline started the pizza precedent during some of those marathon Recode meetings and even paid out of her pocket once. Since I was just watching last night, I decided to do it from home.

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