A return to the blogosphere

"Then most important political office is that of the private citizen" - Louis Brandeis

It's been almost a year since the last time I posted anything on this blog and to be honest I haven't really missed the day to day grind of trying to figure out what to write about. One of the reasons I wanted to start this thing was first and foremost to develop a voice in this crazy mixed up world that we like to political punditry and analysis. And secondly, to somehow in my own little way make a difference.

Quite frankly though, I soon realized it was a bit more than that. Collectively, during the 2009 Houston Mayoral race, local political blogs that I had read for years soon became a legitimate force in shaping the trajectory of the message in the final weeks of the campaign. In a time when newspapers and TV stations see increasingly smaller budgets to cover politics on a local level we now have a pajama wearing force of journalistic novices taking the fight to the man and attempting to driving home the message.

Unfortunately the Democratic message was lost in this last election. People (voters) forgot that all politics are local. It is your local representatives to your city, county and state government that have the most influence on our daily lives. We have allowed the idea to get stuck in peoples minds that the goings on in Washington DC have more effect on our day to day lives than our school board members or the local city council. This among many other things is why I hope to be a vocal voice in that ocean of other opinions that sticks out and makes you second guess what you thought you already knew.

I can't promise you that I will be as active as I once was on this thing but I can promise that I will keep it real and if you find my judgement lacking or in need of correction please let me know. Because in the end we are all just trying to do our part in shaping the direction of our collective future.