City of Middletown Blocks MUSA From City Website

Perhaps someone should remind city hall that the "official city website" does NOT belong to them, the employees of the City of Middletown.  It belongs to us--the TAXPAYERS of the City of Middletown!!!  It was developed with, and is maintained by, OUR employees, with all expenses (including their salaries) paid for from OUR tax money!!!

IMO,it is not you MUSA administrators. It is participants like myself and others here, who constantly offer opinions that aren't necessarily flattering to upper level city employees nor shed a positive light on how the city is operated/decisions made. The upper management at the city building still can't stop the city employees from going home and reading this forum on the home computers. Being on this site while at work is no doubt a work stopper also. Just wondering why it took them this long to figure that out and remove the site from the employees. Perhaps they found out that too many of them were reading it and "hearing the message from the other side" and they weren't happy about that. Wouldn't be the first time the city (nor the Journal) has played the censorship game.

We have the same blocks where I work. Some subjects searched will cause a screen to pop up with "Access Denied" as the information police have installed a censorship block with regard to certain subjects....and believe it or not, there is still that occasional person who gets nailed for porn on their computer. It is investigated and before long they are terminated.

It is a crime that you have been targeted by the city for providing a place for free expression and interaction of ideas. It also doesn't surprise me that the "my way or the highway" management technique, used by the city, has been forced on the city employees either. All JMO

No matter what actions City Hall may take sooner or later we on MUSA will dig up the truth and share these truths with the citizens of this community.

What will City Hall have to say when HUD releases the findings of their recent investigation here in Middletown and the citizens are told the truth?

I know I won't give a hoot.. have a better chance of getting a real good laugh!! thinking of hoot, hmmmm that's it they need to get HOOTERS next to the new movie house that should really get things really blooming... the possibilities would be endless after that. they have to come up with a new master plan for out there ya know, done trashed the other one...heck im ready for a cold one now

SpiderJohn -

wonder if they blocked the MJ also?? if not?? it must because the city is only seeing the MJ to be committed to being your most valuable source of local news they are like complete,in-depth and dependable ya know 

Mike_Presta wrote: Admin: Are you saying that, even though your building is located within the City of Middletown, you are being blocked from accessing the City OUR website even to perform such functions as paying a water bill, paying City of Middletown income tax or looking up a Middletown Police Department incident or accident report???   Is THAT what you are telling me???

wow!!  they really need to undo that and just tell their employees if any is caught logging on MUSA they will be shot on the spot or they could hire you guys from MUSA to uncross their wires so it just blocks them from seeing MUSA while working  if they can still get on MJ while working its just to keep them bored....

TroyA wrote: The ci.middletown.oh.us domain is no longer updated/used.

All,

TroyA wrote: The City of Middletown has not blocked anyone from accessing the website nor is it blocking employees from accessing middletownusa.com.  The ci.middletown.oh.us domain is no longer updated/used.  I will contact Time Warner and see what could be causing the issue. Troy Anderton Sr Programmer/Analyst City of Middletown, Ohio

I misspoke about the ci.middletown.oh.us domain.  I keep it working so legacy posts/links will still work under the new domain name.