Welcome Suburban Journal Readers
Published by Al Adomite on April 26th, 2008
A comprehensive article from the Suburban Journal reporter Chris Coates about our new blogging effort:
But for Von Nida, 50, of Granite City, and Adomite, 32, of Troy, their position on opposite ends of the liberal-conservative spectrum is serving as the jumping off point for a new online venture both hope will foster bipartisan spirit and spark discussions about policy and politics in the region. “We really want to take the politics out of policy,” said Adomite, who with Von Nida earlier this month launched “Partisan Discourse,” a blog the creators are optimistic will serve as a kind town square for observers and players of the Madison County political scene.
My brother-in-law, who recently commented about his lack of acknowledgment from mainstream media in Champaign, even gets a mention:
Von Nida, the county clerk for 10 years, said the pair are slowly learning the ropes, with Adomite, who has a blog through the Justice League, leading the pack. (His brother-in-law, Gordy Hulten, runs the conservative state political blog IlliniPundit.)
Thanks to Gordy for helping Mark and I get this up and running. We could only wish we had his site traffic numbers.
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April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Congrats to both on a nice news story and a well-done blog.
Now get back to work, Al.
April 27th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Excellent idea for a blog, thanks to both of your for working together on this.
April 27th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
You’re related to Illini Pundit? How cool.
April 27th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Gordy was pretty cool too, until he married my sister…
April 27th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
…now everybody has to know that I was just kidding with that last statement. I’m awfully lucky to have such a great brother-in-law. He is too.
April 27th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Great idea. Can you change the background to something else besides black? It is difficult to read.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am
“Gordy was pretty cool too, until he married my sister…”
April 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I was very excited to read about your new blog in the journal. Its nice to find a blog talking politics from a local perspective! I look forward to reading your differing opinions on the very important upcoming election.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
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