Yes, Virginia, Butuan City has an official forum board. This link will bring you there. Please take note- OFFICIAL. It has a gov.ph domain. We assumed that there are City employees (probably, IT Department or whatever) maintaining this forum. These employees are certainly paid from taxpayers money.

At first glance, one would be happy to know that there is such kind of facility for an ordinary citizen to discuss or give feedback to its government. The forum is a venue where a citizen can exercise his basic freedom of expression. This is indeed an excellent service by any government can provide.

While scanning the forum board, you’ll be happy to know that it seems there is an on going lively discussion. Just by seeing the number of pages that are available for viewing, one would conclude that the forum board served its purpose. In fact, the whole front page has full of discussions. Until, you closely examine it.

The site is full of spam and garbage (just like the City). It has been there for months. The maintainer did not give a damn cleaning or upgrading the system to prevent more spam. It is the filthiest place to visit where porn, buying viagra or seeing Paris Hilton or Britney Spears in nude can be found.

Do you think the people in the City Hall did not notice this? I doubt. They are just too lazy or just don’t give a damn. Holy cow! This is where my hard earned money goes?