No City Council Meeting Jan. 6

Just in case you are planning to start off the new year by attending a Woodstock (Ill.) City Council meeting on Tuesday, January 6, 2009, don't.

The first City Council meeting of 2009 will be Tuesday, January 20. Watch for the Agenda to be published on the city's website about January 15-16

Think anyone will be there? Or will (almost) everyone be home in front of the TV to watch the Inauguration Day ceremonies and celebrations? Of course, you could just set your VCR to record them.

Or if City Council meetings were broadcast on a Comcast public service channel, you wouldn't have to miss a thing.

An involved resident in Island Lake videotapes Village Board meetings there and posts them on her blog. Would Woodstock residents pay more attention to the goings-on in city government if they could watch council meetings from the warmth and comfort of their own homes?