Blogs are filling a gap in reporting because the mainstream media (msm) is either too politically correct or too subservient to corporate commercial interests. What passes for news is often frivolous and misses the main points concerning serious issues. Recently, in our area the msm focused on the non-issue of a "leak" of the Town Manager Contract talks at a Commissioner's open and public workshop. I suppose this was because of its human interest factor. However, the more critical issue of our town electorate effectively losing their political rights was completely ignored.
Our problem here in Ridgely isn't unique. All over the country small towns are running into problems with the town manager form of government. The national trend toward concentration of power in one (often absentee) Town Manager's hands mirrors our own. Increasingly, it is local blogs that are bringing to light these problems. This blog certainly has and will continue to play its part in trying to keep our residents in control of their town.
Somehow those of us in similar situations need to come together and share information. This is, of course, where blogs and other technologies come in. Information can be bundled together by "tags" and put all of us with similar concerns in touch with each other. Hopefully, others from around the country faced with similar challenges preserving local democracy will start blogging with us. Together we will be able to take on a problem undermining our freedom in hundreds of towns across America.
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