I get a kick out of the mash up of journalism and internet blogging. Brandon Stahl who has an intelligent little blog Buzz.Duluth writes the sort of insider stuff that never makes it to regular stories but that gives a little real life. It ads the “uhs” and “hmmmms” and “ya knows” to a story that get scraped away to save ink and cut to the chase. It gets to motivation a subject that is incredibly speculative but which drives all human interactions. Deeds speak louder than words and that sort of stuff…….but I digress.
He’s been covering the sewer issue and had even asked me, after reading it in my blog, about how much it cost me to put in our lateral line last year. $6000!
I contacted him recently to tell me if my wife was right that the Mayor had proposed to pay the hundred or so of us who were ordered to do this work back up to $4,000. He reported back that the City Council did approve this. I wrote him back expressing joy.
The third email I opened was from Brandon asking if I minded him blogging about my reply since he’s been covering the case for a while. He found it amusing that I told him I could put the 4 grand into the bond.
