I realize I am verbose, and a little wordy, too.  I don't set out to write essay length blog entries every day... it just happens.

Even though no one has criticized me for it (much), I am aware of how many words it generally takes for me to get my point across in a way that satisfies me.  So I am going to compromise with myself on an experimental basis.

I just re-worked the post I made earlier about the District 7 school board race that you can find below.  I have split it into two parts, but left all of the words intact.  The first part is on the home page and the second is posted using my software's "stories" feature that I believe is unique to Radio Userland.

It takes a while to link the whole thing up like that, but it may be worth it to keep some folks from taking an initial look at a story's length and decide its just not worth it. 

Even this post about how I will strive for brevity took up 196 words... so I may be fighting a losing battle with myself.  In any case, your comments on my experiment will be greatly appreciated. 

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Even though District 7 School Board member Kris Cooke has served on the board since 1997, she has never had to campaign for re-election.  Appointed to serve out John Kernodle's term of office after his tragic death in '97, she ran unopposed in 2000.  Such is not the case this year: She is running a full fledged campaign complete with a just-launched, static website. 

Because she is a frequent visitor to, and sometimes commenter on, my blog, I have urged her to start her own so she can open a direct line of communication to her constituants - but so far to no avail.  Perhaps after reading Ed Cone's N&R column this morning on how County Commissioner Jeff Thigpen and other local politicians and candidates are utitlizing this medium - she will see its advantages and reconsider. 

I have offered to help with her campaign because I find her to be very open, smart, thoughtful and - like me - a past PTA president at Aycock Middle School.  Perhaps because of the latter reason, she has been very responsive to Aycock's needs (even though we are not in her district).

In the upcoming election Cooke is being challenged by former Page High School math teacher Bill Davidson .....

Continue reading School Board race - District 7

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Ed has put all of the information about the August 28th Piedmont Blogger Conference in one place.  I have linked to it in my blogroll over there ------->

An unresolved issue remains, however.

Since we are going to to emulate the BoggerCon un-conference format - why not say so in the name.  Since Piedmont Blogger UnConference is a bit unwieldy, let us just shorten it to PiedBlog UnConference, or PU for short.  Cute, yet informative - like my 7th grade art teacher.

Without objection......?

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