To all UO readers,

 

I wanted to take this opportunity to announce the first anniversary of my blog 'The Dayton Pundit' and our associated message board 'The Dayton Stoop'.  I've posted updates about our progress on these sites early in our existence (I even ran a banner ad here for awhile) and over the months we have grown into a very close and thriving community.  While most of us are expatriates of the slowly dying Dayton Daily News' 'Speak Up!' forum, we have attracted some new members from outside that site to help broaden our topics of discussion (and I have SIGNIFICANTLY pared them down from the original version of 'The Stoop').  From cooking to cars to humor politics to sports...we try our best to cover it all.

 

I originally started the domain on a dare from a close friend so that I would have more incentive to get serious about blogging.  With all the work I put into the message board, it didn't get the amount of attention it needed to succeed.  Since the beginning of the year, I have been able to focus more on it and have covered a range of subjects (mostly politics) but I've also talked about other things.  Here's just a sample (click on the underlined links below to view the story):

 

Local and state:

 

    -- an emotional visit to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

    -- the Ohio Democratic primary

    -- President Bush's visit to the National Museum of the United States Air Force

    -- the arrest of a fugitive suspected in the death of a Dayton-area marine

    -- Karl Rove's campaign stop in the 'Gem City'

    -- the investigation by TV's 'Ghost Hunters' of several haunts on Wright-Patterson AFB

    -- last month's earthquake

    -- the funeral for Army SSG Matt Maupin

    -- the current scandal surrounding the Ohio attorney general

 

National:

 

    -- the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death

    -- the 13th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing

    -- continued controversy surrounding the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman

 

International:

 

    -- the assassination of former Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto

    -- World Autism Awareness Day

    -- Matt Lauer's recent world tour

 

(I also post some of these items at my diary at the Daily Kos)

 

I try to post at least 2 to 3 items per day (I do take a day off every week or so to 'recharge' my creative 'batteries') so if you check in every other day, you'll see plenty of new items to browse through.

 

I'd again like to thank Urban Ohio for whetting my online interest in setting up my forum.  I would hope to achieve a fraction of the success that UO has attained (and the 2,000+ membership) and invite you again to come by and give us a try.

 

V/R,

 

The Dayton Pundit

 

 

 

 

Fantastic and congratulations!

Thanks for the kind words, 'CDM'...

 

 

Congrats as well.  The bloggers are taking over...yay!

 

Congrats as well.  The bloggers are taking over...yay!

 

 

I'm not sure if we're actually 'taking over'...we'll just document the h*ll out of the event  ;)  ;)