Walking the neighborhood and talking with people is a great way for me to quickly learn that people's opinions and perspectives are as varied as snowflakes. And, how much I don't know!
I looked for a blog or a forum that has discussions on items of specific interest to PCPs. I didn't find any, so I'm using this blog item to see if there is interest in doing this on a wider scale. A forum would seem to be more appropriate because it's easier to track chains on a given topic.
Are you as a PCP or an NL or an HDL interested in a forum like this? If it does interest you, we can pass our request on to the web folks.
For example, today I heard the following comments from my neighborhood and from people on the street:
1. We should have a fixed-rate tax for everyone. The big companies don't pay taxes, so it's all on the little guy.
2. The May ballot is too legalistic for me to understand so I won't vote for anything that isn't written in plain English.
3. Proposals 51 and 52 are identical.
4. Superdelegates and the Electoral College take away the rights of the voters.
5. All the young people are excited about the Presidential Election but nothing will happen and the kids will be turned off even more.
I have my own questions, primarily where do I go to learn about the candidates and issues, other than their web sites? This is especially true for the judges! Another question, who does the best job of comparing positions among the candidates? Or the opposing sides of a proposition?
In the meantime, if you know of good sources of information for any of the ballot items, please reply.
Thanks,
Bob May