I attended a meeting of a new economic development corporation in the nearby community. As a fiscal conservative, the idea of such things make me nervous, and this was passed by a VERY slim margin (100 votes out of 4,000 cast). Bacause of my perspective, and the fact that the paper generally supports the EDC, I think I might have an angle on a column for the paper from the more critical perspective.

When I attended the meeting of the (newly formed) corporation today, there were 5 people in attendance that were NOT on the board...and I was the only one there voluntarily. The paper, being short staffed, had no representatives present.

Because this is a hot local topic, I'm going to approach the editor about covering the meetings from a "joe citizen" perspective. My hope is that, by helping him familiarize himself with my work, I may eventually work my way into some freelance assignments (again, the paper is VERY short staffed...they have more stories than they have people to report them).

Wish me luck, folks. I think I can sell this concept!