Weighing text-lobbying during public meetings

[Commentary] San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is slightly off track in suggesting a ban on text-message lobbying during meetings of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors and city commissions. He's right, it can be unfair and unseemly for those who have the cell-phone numbers of our elected and appointed leaders to have an inside edge during deliberations. But the focus should not be on the technology; it should be on the content. Those messages should be public record.