I’d Like a Politician With Values and a Steakhouse With Outdoor Seating
Yelp Allows Us to Rank Restaurants and Doctors and Spas. Why Not Use it to Rank Elected Officials?
Yelp is a wildly popular web service that allows customers to offer public reviews of the companies and professionals they patronize. Diners rate restaurants, patients rate their doctors, dentists, and health clinics, and shoppers rate their malls. But, at least so far, Yelp does not allow constituents to rate their politicians.
That should change. We all need more feedback on those who represent, or seek to represent, us. Since Americans are, for the most part, in between campaigns, now is the perfect time to build out a website to provide the …