How not to use your city email address

This week’s freedom of information tip should be pretty obvious, but maybe not obvious enough.

Here it is: don’t use your government email address to send racy emails to your girlfriend or boyfriend.

Why do I bring this up? Well, a Washington official did just that and it cost his town $5,000 for an independent investigation.  Worse yet,  Bob Sternoff, the guilty Kirkland City Council member, sent some of the emails while the city council was in session.

Maybe playing solitaire during sessions isn’t quite as bad after all…

[h/t: Open Government Blog]