Hours after his state Senate colleagues initially failed to back a proposal to investigate lawmakers who did not pay their income taxes, “Johnson4Georgia” vented digitally to his followers. “Hey, Georgia legislators can marry folks, but we don’t have to pay our taxes,” “Johnson4Georgia” — the Twitter ID of state Sen. Eric Johnson — fumed in one early-morning post March 6. The Savannah Republican is one of a number of politicians and public officials embracing social networking technology to interact with citizens.
The full story at Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/03/29/social_networking.html?cxtype=rss
