YoonTube Goes Prime Time

Not with an appearance from Deion Sanders, but with another strangely sensible proposal from Sam "YoonTube" Yoon, who wants to expand government to "prime-time hours." By keeping City Hall (which currently closes at 5:30 pm on weekdays, long before many folks have left work) open late at least once a week (until 8:30 pm on Wednesdays), Yoon theorizes that he'll be allowing residents to speak their minds and become more involved with their government. Many local cities, including Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville, already offer late-night government at least once a week. We have been impressed with some of Yoon's other ideas, like car sharing, before; other mayoral candidates may want to step up their innovation quotient.