I’m recording a podcast with Tim Russo and George Nemeth, bloggers in Cleveland in a couple hours. On the record, they believe I’ve ripped the region of Northeast Ohio OFF. Among their concerns: Anyone could have made my recommendations to Akron. How dare I come from Madison and say the region could be better? How can I charge what I do for my services?
“Cool-Aid” comes up in their bloggers’ posts, because the Akron Beacon Journal asked the community to chime in on my use of the word Cool. This morning’s taping of “Meet the Bloggers” will ask all the hard questions.
As I’m gearing up, I think the only other media folk who like me as little as the CLE Bloggers is the Rush-like radio guy from Tulsa (shudder). I remain hopeful: the bloggers I know want to heighten the level of discussion in their communities. They want to shine the light on issues they care about. The great ones want to engage folks civilly, even if they disagree. They want to be heard. Sounds like every change agent I’ve ever met. I’m in.
