Source: Unknown, attached to an e-mail.

 
It looks like we've now passed 1000 posts — that's 1000 in the 1348 days since we started together May 1, 2006. It took a bit more than two years to reach 500 and we've doubled that in a bit over 1½ years.
 
Certainly a majority are posts I've written but many have been from guest bloggers. Some have been as simple as copying a press release and passing it on, but others have involved a lot of research, such as the comparison of our tax rate to other cities. Some, like those on development practices and suburbs, have been the result of years of experience and study. A few have had absolutely nothing to do with city or district business. A lot have been informational and many have been opinions. There has been quite a range but, for me, that has kept it interesting to do.
 
As I said at 500, "When elected to the Council on June 17, 2006, one of my goals was to share a lot more information with the citizens than had ever been done before. I haven't succeeded to the degree I would have liked — life and all those meetings keep interfering — but I'm confident it is way more than has ever been shared before."
 
Frankly, I'm a little surprised looking back at the volume because it hasn't been a burden. I like feeling that we jointly know what is going on and why. I get lots of city-related e-mail and the blog posts often help me quickly answer questions with a simple link. Constituents often discuss city issues with me without having to explore the basics first. I think it really does make my life easier. I'd much rather have 1000 posts than to keep repeating 50 similar conversations over and over 20 times each.
 
So, there you have it, thanks for coming here and reading the posts and making my life easier!