Open Communication...Letter Just Sent to "The Hill" Editor

Dear Editor:

I've been following "The Hill Blog", seen the way it is used by various elected officials, as well as special interest groups to pander their brand of propaganda to our elected officials...this would be fine, except your paper BLOCKS citizen comments on these blog posts, which runs contrary to the interactive nature of blogging and bloggers. As a result, a new The Hill blog has been started as a citizens protest against your publication that embraces stifling of free speech and open, honest dialogue. Worst, "The Hill" embraces giving certain special interest groups preferential access to our elected officials under the guise of granting them the label of policy makers. Perfect example of this was the AFL-CIO diatribe recently posted. Though I happen to agree with most of the political positions of the Minutemen, do not think they are any more a policy maker than the rest of us are, or should be. It is a government run FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE,which makes each of us a policy maker.

The Hill Blog for REAL PEOPLE

As I develop and refine my political blogs, and familiarize myself with some of the major news sources and players in Washington, DC I am finding some disturbing trends. The most disturbing trend, is a publication called "The Hill" billed as a must read for anyone working inside the beltway. As a part of the publication, they have a blog where SPECIAL PEOPLE can post their personal brand of propaganda. Special people in this case means elected officials, their staff members, and policy makers (lobbyist and special interest folks). We, the dirty unwashed masses cannot even leave comments on this political diatribe. So, to BALANCE THE PLAYING FIELD, I've created "The Hill Blog" for REAL PEOPLE. You want to speak to your public officials, want to RANT about the federal government's incompetence, this is the place to do it, and if you read the header for this blog you'll know how to jump in and put up your own article addressed to the inner circle of Washington Elite.