In her final State of the City address, Salisbury (MD) Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman warned residents of what she sees as a great danger to the city: malicious bloggers. Tilghman said in her address Thursday that over the last five years, the presence of a small group of suspicious, mean-spirited people focused on the negative has grown, endangering the city's vitality. Tilghman says some people are avoiding serving their city because it's not worth chancing the scorn of bloggers. But Tilghman says they need to stand up for the city/AP. More here.

Question: In Coeur d'Alene, there are three online sites that touch of city of Coeur d'Alene business regularly -- this one, OpenCDA.com, and the Coeur d'Alene Press comments section. The latter two sites are openly antagonistic to Mayor Sandi Bloem's administration. Do you think those sites help or hurt the city?