This is a great forum for the likes of Messrs. Nixon & Dillon (or even, gasp, Gov. Snyder)...hey I'll even take those carrying his water in the legislature to come here and present their arguments in support of this proposal.

Let them present, in their own words, exactly what they propose to do, how they propose to do it, exactly where the money to pay for it is coming from and when everything is expected to be completed.

But because of legal concerns, he and administration officials aren't ready to put a link to that page, developed for the 2010 campaign, on the official governor's Web page at www.michigan.gov. Nor have they wanted to abandon the popular Facebook page -- which still receives regular updates -- in favor of a governor's page that would start from scratch in attracting followers.

Snyder's Twitter feed, also developed during the campaign, is in a similar state of limbo. Though Snyder was never a prolific tweeter, even during the campaign, its more than 2,500 followers have received only 15 tweets since February.

"We want to make sure ... we're following the letter of the law," Snyder spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher said. "We're still looking at the different scenarios and different options."

Though Snyder's concerns relate mostly to possible conflicts between government and campaign activity, a host of other issues affect state departments in their use of social media.