Stark is first to put video on congressional Web site

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/05/BAGDGB6A5O1.DTL

Fremont Rep. Pete Stark made a little bit of congressional and high- tech history Friday by becoming the first member of Congress to post a video clip on his official Web site.

His 3 1/2-minute blistering response to President Bush's State of the Union speech on Wednesday night is part of a new program devised by Democratic activists to let members of Congress communicate directly with their constituents by video. Republicans are expected to follow suit, and soon.

The effort is headed by Advocacy Inc., a small Washington-based firm that has done work for MoveOn.org, the Berkeley-based organization that became a major force mobilizing anti-Bush sentiment in the 2004 election campaign.

The firm charged Stark's office $100 to tape the segment and post it on his site, www.house.gov/stark/. But Stark was the test case, said Advocacy President Roger Alan Stone. The firm plans to charge future clients a few hundred dollars more.
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1. I suggested this to my Rep weeks ago....

No reply. Typical.

Good for Pete. :yourock:

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2. Why should Senators have to pay for this service?

Isn't there a media center in Congress where they can tape their video messages digitally and upload to their site?

I think it's a great idea, but I don't know why it isn't a service provided as an elected representitive.