Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg Launches Blog in Spanish

"Duchy Trachtenberg en Español’ Will Be First Montgomery Councilmember Blog for Spanish-Speaking Community

January 28, 2010—Montgomery County Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg (D—at large) has launched the County Council’s first blog for the County’s Spanish-speaking community.

The blog, “Duchy Trachtenberg en Español” is edited by Wil Gutierrez, a graduate of Goucher College and Silver Spring resident, who recently joined the Trachtenberg Office.

“I am very grateful to Councilmember Trachtenberg for giving me an opportunity to serve the residents of Montgomery County and to help the County Council in its work,” said Gutierrez, who manages Councilmember Trachtenberg’s “new media” program. “I welcome the opportunity to use my technical skills to help get her message out to our neighbors. I think we can provide a very useful public function with the various social networking tools.”

Councilmember Trachtenberg’s Spanish language blog includes links to important local, state and federal Internet Web Sites including Montgomery County Public Schools, the Montgomery County Library system, the County’s Family Justice Center and the Latino Health Initiative. It also includes links to key Spanish language media such as El Tiempo Latino, El Zol Radio, Telemundo and Univision.

“I am a strong believer of using all types of new media and the social networking tools that we have to reach out to our citizens,” said Councilmember Trachtenberg. “Montgomery County is home to a diverse population of nearly one million people and we need to do whatever we can to educate and inform all the people. I think using Facebook, Twitter and our blogs to communicate our messages and to get feedback from the community is wonderful and very exciting. I hope we can do much more.”

In addition to the Spanish language and a blog in English, the Trachtenberg Office also uses the social networking vehicles of Twitter and Facebook to connect to Montgomery County residents.

Councilmember Trachtenberg’s new media sites can be accessed at www.twitter.com/duchy_t (Twitter); http://www.duchytrachtenberg.blogspot.com/ (English language), http://duchytrachtenberg-espanol.blogspot.com/ (Spanish language), and http://fbpage.com/duchy-trachtenberg (Facebook).

For more information, contact Alan S. Bowser in Councilmember Trachtenberg’s office at 240-777-7965.

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To view the Council press release, click here.