Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement For more than a month, Coronado has been a testing ground for a tech company that wants to harness the Internet’s power to promote civic engagement.In March, the Solana Beach software company Voterfied set up a “voting portal” where Coronado’s registered voters can comment or vote on issues facing the city such as whether they support building more housing or a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.Whoever controls the portal — in this case Voterfied — can use the data to come up with policy decisions or gauge community...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement For more than a month, Coronado has been a testing ground for a tech company that wants to harness the Internet’s power to promote civic engagement.In March, the Solana Beach software company Voterfied set up a “voting portal” where Coronado’s registered voters can comment or vote on issues facing the city such as whether they support building more housing or a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.Whoever controls the portal — in this case Voterfied — can use the data to come up with policy decisions or gauge community...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Coronado’s mayor has become a vocal critic of San Diego County’s public health orders, calling them “arbitrary” and an “abuse of power that infringes on basic civil liberties.”Over the weekend, Mayor Richard Bailey and, during an interview at the same television station, said the county’s heath orders “really erode the public’s trust and we need the public’s trust more than ever.”In addition to the public criticism, Bailey, through his campaign committee, created a petition titled The prompt asks respondents to...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Coronado’s mayor has become a vocal critic of San Diego County’s public health orders, calling them “arbitrary” and an “abuse of power that infringes on basic civil liberties.”Over the weekend, Mayor Richard Bailey and, during an interview at the same television station, said the county’s heath orders “really erode the public’s trust and we need the public’s trust more than ever.”In addition to the public criticism, Bailey, through his campaign committee, created a petition titled The prompt asks respondents to...WW…