20060821 The Howard County Gang of Four

The Howard County Gang of Four
August 21, 2006

Howard County Bloggers host an on-line county forum for the upcoming elections.

The Baltimore Sun article by Larry Carson that Crablaw first called to my attention: “Local bloggers play political role” was published Sunday, August 20. 2006. Of all the Sun’s writers, I appreciate Mr. Carson’s work.

You may wanna be sure to read Crablaw’s observations.

David Keelan at HoCoBlog observes: “Local bloggers play political role.”

And that is as far as I have had time, so far today to graze my colleague’s site… Maybe more later? Meanwhile, other work is going to interfere to my life on the net…

I first mentioned the “Gang of Four’s” participation in the election here.

HoCo Hayduke reports, “In case you haven't heard, the Gang of Four (Local Bloggers) will be sponsoring an on-line candidate forum for most local elections beginning in October. More details here.”

Actually, the author of the HoCoMD Blog kindly emailed me the press release earlier today. Thanks.

This is a great opportunity for Howard County voters and a perfect role for the four blogs: HoCoMD Blog; The Hedgehog Report; HoCo Hayduke; and Howard County Blog.

The first three paragraphs of Mr. Carson’s article are:

Candidates' forums can be inconvenient -- and lengthy -- to attend, but a politically diverse group of Howard County bloggers is planning an electronic question-and-answer session for the general election that voters can use when and how they please.

Although Republicans David Keelan and Dave Wissing and Democrats Ian Kennedy and Evan Coren do not share the same political philosophy, they all started local blogs based on politics or development, and they eventually connected and decided to collaborate.

They appear to have achieved a level of civility in short supply in Washington or Annapolis these days.

A sampling of posts on KDDC that are Howard County oriented are:

20060819 KDDC Wi Fi for Carroll County

19 Aug 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff… As I was grazing the blogs of my colleagues in Howard County, I came across this excellent post by Evan on the Howard County Blog: “Wi-Fi.”. In my column for the Westminster Eagle, I have written two pieces specifically on Wi-Fi...

20060808 KDDC The Howard County Gang of Four bloggers

8 Aug 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff… “Politics in the Enchanted Forest:” The political silly season has already begun in Howard County , known as the former home of the " Enchanted Forest ." In our neighboring county, politics have recently started to resemble the...

20060624 KDDC The Running Mate Decision

24 Jun 2006 by Kevin Dayhoff… The political silly season has already begun in Howard County, known as the former home of the "Enchanted Forest." In our neighboring county, politics have recently started to resemble the storybook theme park that prospered in...

I’m looking forward to working this Association of Howard County Bloggers – they are quite a talented group of folks and their blogs are an invaluable source of information for me.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org www.thetentacle.com Westminster Eagle Opinion and Winchester Report www.thewestminstereagle.com www.kevindayhoff.com has moved to http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/