
The trouble is that a lot of government functions are done through internet-based portals.
You'd have to pay someone to develop a user-side interface. That typically costs a lot more money than a simple web-based frontend, even with something brain-dead simple like python and wxwindows.
You will have to read the article on the News side of this website to understand the facetiousness of the post. If the commissioners are worried about what employees may read in the local blogs, then perhaps they themselves should seek other employment.