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The most recent posts on OrangePolitics are about HOV lanes, Joe Herzenberg, and the Herald-Sun redesign. What's missing is the lawsuit Carrboro won against Marilyn Kille, reports on recent voter forums, discussion of Monday night's Chapel Hill Town Council meeting and the unresolved issue of appointing Bill Strom's replacement. There's not even any mention of the highly contentious chicken slaughter. Ruby's pre-occupied with a new baby and a career. There was a recent post asking if OP is a public resource or Ruby's private playground. The answer may be in how people use the site rather than Ruby's intention.
Last night, I sent the following e-mail to all of the declared candidates in 2009 municipal and school board races:
Hello, candidates. Congratulations on your decision to stand for
election in Orange County this year! In case you are not aware of it,
I'd like to introduce you to the progressive local politics blog OrangePolitics
and ask you to contribute to this online community of people interested
in Orange County issues.
Hey all! Thanks for doing such a great job of keeping the conversation going while I am jugging a new job and my newly expanded family! With the municpal and city school board elections coming up, I want to make sure OP continues to be a key source of information for voters. In the past, our election section has carried nonpartisan candidate information, links to media guides, and listing of events. On the new OP we can do much more.
Since we have a proper calendar now, folks can submit events directly, and we'll all be on top of the latest forums and candidate schmoozefests. We can also use the database power behind the site to make more useful candidate lists (I got halfway there with the 2008 candiate list last year), and maybe even some handy maps like those contributed in 2007.
Hey all you OP posters,
Unless Ruby hasn't updated the chart, the contributions for helping her support this site have dried up more than our water supplies did last year. With what might be a very interesting election season coming up and with some critical issues facing the towns and county (growth, density, taxes, transfer station siting) I expect that this site will become very busy and a popular spot for some very interesting (heated?) discussions. For all those who enjoy posting here (and even the lurkers), if you value this site you should realize that it is unfair to expect Ruby to bear the financial burden of keeping it going. If you haven't yet contributed (there is usually a link at the bottom of the pages) please consider doing so today. I'm sure Ruby will appreciate it and we can all continue to enjoy the site knowing that we pitched in to help. Thanks.
OK. We need to get a thread going to congratulate Ruby on a job well done.
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