Pwned by IReadItInDG!
Posted by markthoman on May 22, 2008
May 17, 2008 VOLUME 6I READ IT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO!!!We all live in a busy world surrounded by the written word. The Times, Newsweek, The Journal, The Tribune, Grover News, Streetwise and the rest. Throw on top of the garbage heap the national, statewide and local blogs…we can’t read it all!I’ve decided to take one off the list for you. Now you can read the best of the best of the Downers Grove Blogs without having to wade through them post by post.
Hey what about me? You forgot me! There’s so much here to disagree with, and I hardly get any comments.
Posted in blogging, elections, ethics, free speech, gossip, humor | 8 Comments »
Sideline Observer Brands Ogden With Marge’s Red Hot Idea
Posted by markthoman on April 11, 2008
Sideline comments here and posts some pretty funny pictures at DGreport, and emailed me this idea for branding Ogden Avenue with banners:
UPDATE: Two more branding signs for Downers included after the break!
Posted in blogging, branding, development, ethics, snark | 2 Comments »
Interview With Mayor Sandack
Posted by markthoman on February 14, 2008
Note: This started as an offshoot of discussions and postings here and at DGreport.com. I specifically would like to thank everyone who participated with questions, whether I used them or not.
We all can have different opinions, but in the end we all have something akin to affection for the village we live in: that is why we care, and that is why we share common ground.
Mayor Sandack, thank you for participating in this on-line interview, and let’s jump right in. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in blogging, blogs, elected officials, flooding, government, infrastructure | 4 Comments »
Are Blogs The Knife That Cuts Too Deep?
Posted by markthoman on February 10, 2008
Everyone has read or been involved in lack of government transparency at some time in their life. Why didn’t someone tell me? When were they going to tell us? What reasoning went into this? Why? WHY?
In 2007, I was point in a skirmish with our local government over a lack of transparency, of deliberate opaqueness. This was the C&D issue; you would have to be deaf dumb and blind not to know about it. I gave up on the demand for transparency when the outcome was favorable. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in blogging, censorship, ethics, free speech, government | 4 Comments »
