Glad to hear about the new online venture. I enjoyed reading the columns you and Susan produced each week but to be honest, I didn't find the rest of the paper all that interesting.
In my humble opinion, I think since you've made the switch to online I would like to see more focus on things that affect a younger (read: internet savvy) crowd. I live in Angleton and work in Houston. I believe the city lacks vision and does not seem to aggressively position itself given its proximity to Houston. At my employer alone there are a significant number of employees who live near me and drive in every day. I don't think anyone really knows what city council or mayor does other than promote the opening of whatever statue is being constructed at the moment. Whatever happened to the elder care facility that was so loudly publicized, for instance? Why did that disappear? What's going on with the traffic on 288 and 35? Why can't the city make it more attractive for someone to get into the old Intermedics site? For what it's worth, this is the type of news I'm interested in reading about. Richard Stewart (reporter for The Houston Chronicle) probably has too much area to cover and I've never really cared for the Facts because they seem to focus on the areas south of Angleton. This area is prime for an entity that can give it real attention instead of focusing on somebody's lawn.
Anyway, just my two cents. I wish you guys the best and will be rooting for you to make a go of this. Good luck!
Regards,
Patrick Browning
Thank you for your kind comments and I can assure you things will be much more interesting when we get all the kinks of starting up out of the way. It will be enjoyable to see what shakes loose simply from running the Angleton City Council memos, which are public records available on their web site. It's a small start. In any case we do hope to eventually provide more information regarding what City Hall is doing as they face some real challenges in the future.
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