Eye on Carbondale

Tom Egert stopped by to visit yesterday,

Mr. WDBX, Mr. Community Thriftstore, and now, Mr. EyeOnCarbondale. Check out his Community Message Board. Tom wants to expand the concept to the radio station. A live radio talk show hosted on a rotating basis by Tom and others, including yours truly, maybe--stay tuned. We'll be back right after these political messages:

Maggie delivers

Mayoral candidate Maggie "Margaret" Flanagan replied to my email requesting specifics of her campaign very positively, if somewhat hurriedly, noting that her website has added a page featuring her voting record, which is called "Strong,' though strong in what sense is not clear. Maggie promises to have her own campaign platform packet ready in January. In the meantime she has a busy work and family schedule to work out in order to prepare for the job of being mayor, which she intends to do.

Meanwhile, Maggie's homepage has a bit of confusion, which I've pointed out to the webmaster. Her name is signed with both a shamrock and a heart dotting the "i"--are these two symbols synonymous? or perhaps this was intentional, to show how much the candidate offers.
Something like this:

Brad's a Good Lad

His campaign packet ain't bad either.

Introducing Tim "Grin It &" Barrett

Tim's a Journalism major at SIU. I'm scheduled to meet him this week, so I can snap a photo and he can tell me more about his candidacy.

The Amazing C'wissman

Carbondale Nightlife politics and culture maven and current Council candidate, Chris Wissman has been an excellent email correspondent, as well as Brad Cole, both of whom have been informative and knowledgable. I'll try to get photo of Chris, along with the other council candidates, as well as a statement of why he wants to be on the City Council.

The Mouth of Eye of Carbondale

Introducing WDBX's Special Eye on Carbondale a radio talk show, with its finger on the pulse of the Community. With so many anatomical metaphors, how can Eye fail to attract a sizable body of listeners. Ya gotta hand it to Tom Egert, a lot of guys would not be willing to stick their necks out for something like this, but he has some opinions he wants to get off his chest. Moreover, since seeing the orthopedic doctor yesterday, I should be able to shoulder some of the load myself.