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Port of Grapeview Commissioner Mike Blaisdell shared his findings on having the port use social media, one of several online matters commissioners addressed at their Feb. 21 meeting.

A recent port workshop included a suggestion that the port create a Facebook page, but no action was taken on it.

Blaisdell has since discovered the port must adopt policies on how it would administer and manage such social media accounts.

Due to open public meeting laws that cover government entities such as ports, Blaisdell said a port official couldn’t run or comment upon such an account, in part because...