Actually, I'm not encouraging anyone to by-pass this blog but the city now offers quicker updates than I can possibly post here. You would receive the same updates I get probably the same time that I get them. You could be reading them well before I even open my e-mail. And — there's a bonus — you'd see updates that I don't post. I don't generally post messages that don't affect North Garland. And — yeah, there's more — you'd see the posts that I never post because they hit the newspapers before I get to them. That latter example is fairly rare but it has happened, particularly when I've been out of town and have limited access to e-mails and the ability to post.
 
I do encourage readers to still check in occasionally to confirm that I'm alive. I will still post on other matters that won't be in new releases. There's even a chance that I add a little personal knowledge to a news release that isn't in the official copy. I'll still post news releases much as I have in the past but the E-news will be great for Garlandites that want to stay in the know.
 

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