Today, February 11, 2014 marks the first year anniversary of my blog with over 92,000 reads. There have been 218 posts with over 651 comments offered. I started writing shortly after I left city council on January 15, 2013. My motive was to provide you, the reader, information on Glendale issues from my perspective as a former councilmember. This forum has provided me the opportunity to write with no holds barred and no punches pulled. I am very grateful that I have been able to do so and surprised and amazed that so many have taken the time to visit my blog.
Your comments, generally, have been very insightful and thought provoking. I welcome any and all comments as long as they are respectful. So, if you have never commented, give it a shot. Nearly 100 people have signed up for email notification each time I post. If you would like to know when I have posted, check the upper right side of this column to sign up.
My informal polls have been very popular. When they began only a few would take the time to vote on the question posed. Now a hundred or more respondents will vote on the latest poll offered. The poll question can be found to the left of this column. When I reach 400 respondents the poll would qualify as a survey. Often that is the statistical sample number used by political survey firms.
My deepest gratitude and thanks goes out to each and every one of you who visited my blog in the past year. Without your interest in Glendale and its issues there would be no incentive to write about them. Your continued interest demonstrates that people are hungry for a different point of view other than which is offered by the usual media sources.
Thank you all so much and please come back and visit often!!
© Joyce Clark, 2014
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Joyce…
It seems that lately all we hear from the City is “…pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…”.
I am grateful for your insights and the light you shine into the Glendale abyss .
Although I don’t agree with all you letters I do enjoy more than nun. Thank you for keeping us informed.
I love reading your blogs, Joyce, because you aren’t held back by any rules or policies that would not allow you to say how you feel about things. You have a lot of history and knowledge in the past years in Glendale that most on the Council do not have now or myself as a citizen. And agree or disagree on some of the opinions, I respect the integrity that goes into your views. I usually can see a side on what you print that whether I agree or not, I know it is backed by you doing your homework and knowing the inside on some of the issues that are being faced in Glendale now. Thank you. Keep doing exactly what you are doing until you decide to run for an office again!!!
Thank you Dayna and everyone else who commented either here or by personal email. It is not my intent that you agree with everything I say in any blog post. Rather I want you to THINK and come to your own conclusions. I merely offer my perspective on Glendale issues and I always welcome differing opinions. Again, thanks to all who have taken the time to read my blog during the past year.
Congratulations on the anniversary and thank you for giving us another viewpoint on the City of Glendale, to many of us, our home. I appreciate your insight as well as allowing us to air our opinions, questions or just venting.