It's the People, Stupid!!!

This past Saturday night (1/26/08) at the Black & White Ball, which honors and raises funds for the Ophilia Steen Center in Hammond, I was asked by a local politician why he had not heard from me for a while, i.e. no new commentaries. 

Honestly, I really couldn't answer the question as there was no particular reason.  I thought about it afterward and wondered -- only for a moment -- why I had not been pursuing the usual corruption and bad management of Lake County (and Northwest Indiana) with my usual zeal.  After all, it is not as if there isn't plenty to write about (such as publicly funded "educational" materials to promote the South Shore -- I mean, really, just how long did the various public officials dishing the -- these were educational materials -- have to practice that line before they could say it with a straight face).  But I digress.  Then I read a recent blog by Mr. Jerry Davich and I knew exactly what he was talking about.

Jerry Davich of the Post-Tribune Newspaper wrote what is probably the best piece recently of why it is not worth someone's time to write about politics in NWI, especially Lake County. Of course, I firmly believe that I'll pick up the "pen is mightier than the sword" motto once again and start writing away.  But, still, what he said struck me as the cold, hard truth. 

This is his piece: It's the People!!!

Comments

[Dan]

Hello! I enjoyed this article from Jerry Davich (along with many others). I recently linked to one of his articles on my blog at http://prayeramedic.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-rely-on-facts-when-fear-myths-and.html