Bum's Bluff

The Faceless Take it on the Chin

The Blogging Clique made the Gazette again.

Nice job Richard, Grumps, and Mason for keeping the local spotlights going in a positive and productive manner!

Does anyone else find Ms Decker's remarks in the article a bit humorous and naïve? I won't go so far as to say arrogant since the printed word can make one sound different than reality, but she is not winning any votes - literally.

Her campaign is based on "personal communication" meaning what? How does one personally communicate if she chooses not to show up? I guess I should feel better that if elected, she might occasionally read a blog.

"My whole campaign is about that (sic) the mayor is going to be at city hall," she said. "I want you to come in and talk to me and let's work on (it)." So the burden of communication is now on the citizen to come to the Mayor?

But then we are apparently the "younger and newer citizens who are saying they are disinfranchised." That line made me chuckle - I don't think I have been accused of being younger in at least 10 years! Nice to be stereotyped, even if she is dead wrong. For the record, I am 41, have lived in Evansville for 16 years, have served as an elected and appointed official for seven of those years. I don't feel disinfranchised at all; on the contrary, being able to blog about Ms. Decker's comments makes me feel very very plugged in.

This isn't about respect for blogs though. This is about recognizing that in the 21st century there are more ways to communicate than telling citizens to hoof it down to City Hall if they have an issue. Someone might want to mention to Ms. Decker that one of the fastest segments of the internet community are elderly/disabled who are discovering a method of communication that helps to overcome their physical difficulties with travelling to places like, oh say, City Hall.

posted by Walton @ 3:29 PM