When the non-Shorewood bloggers were originally added to the ShorewoodNOW site, I decided not to trust my gut reaction, which told me they were out of place and should be removed. At the time,
I wrote the following.
“As for me, I will suspend judgment on whether the new additions to the site are a good idea. I am slightly bothered by the fact that we could not get enough bloggers that are actually from Shorewood. I am also somewhat mystified by what Mr. Thieme is actually saying in his post, though maybe that will become clear over time. All of that aside, if he or the environmental group can meaningfully contribute to our local dialogue, then I see nothing inherently wrong with having them participate in our endeavor.”
- The Forum, 1/11/07Now that they have been on the site for several months, I have come to believe it is time for each of them to move back their own hometown NOW site. From my point of view, they have not been meaningfully contributing to the dialogue here in Shorewood. Instead they either focus on other places (Mequon for
NatureNOW), bigger topics (Bush, Doyle, Walker et al. for
Jim McGuigan), or re-post previously published materials with minimal relevance to Shorewood (
Richard Thieme).
Additionally, we now have 6 active Shorewood bloggers posting on any number of different topics (welcome Tim Fojtik, by the way). These Shorewood bloggers are certainly enough to maintain our own lively discussion without the three blogs from outside of Shorewood.
Finally, I would point out that the three North Shore blogs have been among the least frequently updated of any of the blogs appearing on ShorewoodNOW.
If this site is meant to deliver locally relevant content, it’s time for the other three to be moved back to their home NOW pages.
Comments1. Yeah give them Carpetbaggers the boot :-)
- Dave Tatarowicz, Village Trustee Candidate, "Shorelines"
2. Doesn't it seem logical that the bloggers on ShorewoodNOW.com should be from...umm...Shorewood?!? ...or is it just me? ;-)
- Jim Genthe, Shorewood Resident
