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Glad to see this site up and running. Stop by and give them some link love.

The New York Times today reports that blogs are rapidly going the way of typewriters, falling from favor among Internet natives. Our own experience at BlueNC doesn't reflect the heralded decline in traffic, though I do have the sense that the number of comments has dropped somewhat over the past five years. On average, we have been holding steady at approximately about 4000 unique visitors each week. Is that worth all the effort that goes into this site? You tell me.

My comment in reply to Bob Geary Story, "Greg Poole’s Dix is great. His TIF financing plan isn’t.”

"Let me try commenting on this blog...again. My comment from last week has mysteriously disappeared with no explanation from Bob Geary or Lisa Sorg.

Not only is the park as Greg Poole proposed it not a good idea, anyone wanting my reasons why can call me in Raleigh at 919-781-7278 to hear the other side of the story, and I will also post this at BlueNC, where comments don't mysteriously disappear.

Also, there is no doubt in my mind that the Wake Legislative delegation has caved in to pressure from Poole and others, as those who were supporting other options for the Dix property (and that is what we are really discussing here) are quietly supporting selling the property for development. There may be a park, but one "like Central Park in NY City" will never happen.

Demonstrating a commitment to unprecedented access for bloggers at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced that bloggers credentialed as part of the DemConvention State Blogger Corps will be seated with their respective delegations in the Pepsi Center during the historic four-day event. The move guarantees bloggers with a focus on state politics a unique vantage point to provide localized coverage of the Convention, to be held from August 25-28 in Denver.

"The Internet is the most significant tool for building democracy since the invention of the printing press," said Democratic National Committee

Max Borders at Red Clay Citizen would have you believe that resources never run out and that Bush has made improvements in cost-benefit analysis.

According to Thunder Pig, John Armor and Fred Smith won the Macon County GOP straw poll.

Cold Fury openly celebrates the possiblity of increased violence against gay and bi-sexual teenagers.

Michael Munger converts Mike Gravel

How do you spell rightwing? "Right-wing," "Rightwing," or "Right Wing?" I tend to want to conjoin my words...