What is this blog?

Blogger.com has one of the better definitions I’ve seen about what a blog is:

A personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

At times, Carpentersville Action Network will be one or more of these.  Most often, it will be “a daily pulpit” or “political soapbox” or “memos to the world”.  But, most of you already know that of this site.  Still, I thought it needed to be said for clarification.

For the most part, Carpentersville Action Network will be editorial in nature.  It has been, and will be, my view of the world — particularly on politics and government of Carpentersville, and at times the surrounding area.

Yet, because a blog most often represents more informal, off-the-cuff remarks as opposed to an extensive treatise or dissertation on the subject, readers are encouraged to provide information in the comments (or comboxes) that may not have been considered in the original posting.  It’s that to which I refer in yesterday’s “Back to Reality” posting.

Since starting this blog, I have tried to make it a point to provide facts, links or other information to back up the opinions and statements that I make.  I feel it is important to do so to provide readers the reasons why I hold the opinion or position I do about an issue, the position another person has taken on an issue, or someone’s actions or statements.

Some have taken issue with the fact that I have provided information labeled “negative” and felt that I was “bashing” some trustees.  Those folks are certainly entitled to their opinion.  I do feel, though, that the information and facts contained in those entries are important for people to know, so occasionally posts of a similar nature will be presented; I’m confident that those postings speak for themselves against the charges.

So, that’s a bit more insight into the philosophy and direction of this blog.

Thought I’d share some stats with you as well.  This is the end of the second full month of being at WordPress.com.  Traffic increased about 75% over last month, with nearly 7,000 views.  Many more people have found this blog since the lawsuit was filed, with daily traffic going from about 200-250 views per day up to around 500 views a day (which has remained consistent).  In fact, one week’s worth of traffic two weeks ago was around 1,000; traffic this week was more than 3,000.   Since starting the blog, there have been a bit more than 500 total comments posted by about two dozen or so different people, on nearly 125 post.  So, many more people are reading than are writing.

I’d also encourage those of you who have longer postings, particularly on relevant topics that are unrelated to current posts, to email them to me for inclusion in as a main posting as a guest blogger.