Just what I was hoping for

by Don Wheeler

In February of 2007 I discovered the The Campaign To Change America - The John Edwards blog, and realized that there are a lot of people sifting through available information and trying to make some sense of it. At a certain point, I felt the need to weigh in myself.

Two authors there - fake consultant and grannyhelen - really stood out to me. So I asked their help.

In the summer of 2007, after being frustrated by the poor coverage or lack of coverage by our only newspaper The South Bend Tribune, I had this crazy idea of creating a Progressive media entity to address the vacuum and challenge the SBT.

In retrospect, it is interesting that fake consultant, grannyhelen and DonVila presented views from the West Coast, East Coast and the midsection of the country. Originally, my only thought was that they (fc and gh) were good thinkers and good writers. They continue to bring us global issues which we each need to think about carefully. I am so pleased that they continue to contribute.

We started out mostly talking about why we thought John Edwards was advocating the things we needed to happen, and I wrote a bit about local situations that confirmed that. A bit later, we rolled out a series about the malfeasance of the Republican candidate for Mayor of South Bend and developed a pretty loyal local following.

John Edwards leaving the Presidential race was a wicked blow for me. Anyone who stops by much won't be surprised by that. But P, SB was more about what he wanted to do than it was about him.

So recently I have been working on getting other local activists and organizations to communicate here. And they have responded.

It's been about ten days since I posted, but while I was in Mexico visting my mother I read great stuff here posted by people who are trying to make a difference in the world and in our area. I hope people who care about these things and are working on these things will join us - tell us about them and what they are doing.

That was the whole idea, after all.