my life has changed a lot in four years

Last night while talking to a fellow church choir member about journalism and the way it has changed he noted how many times our papers were posting on to Facebook. He said, "What you need is a blog. It seems like everyone has one these days." Then I remembered ... I had a blog. One that hadn't been written on for a very long time. One that had been deserted more than three year's ago due to lack of time and interest. Today I am pulling my blog up from the dust and reviving it. I would be lying to say I don't care if people read and comment on it. I do. I invite feedback, comments, arguments, intellectual debate. But more than that, I'm doing it for myself. One of my very good friends once told me "A writer writes ... always." And that is true. So without further ado I present "Trust me I'm a reporter," a blog full of fun, fires and Farmersville/Collin County. So recently after a city council meeting I had a friend/church member who had attended his very first city council meeting. He said it was fun at least the part of the meeting for the proclamation of Kenny Edwards Day but the rest of it was like a foreign language. I assured him it got easier the more he attended. I don't think he liked that idea but honestly I wonder if other citizens felt the same way. I've had citizens tell me they didn't understand how they worked, i.e. why the public comment section existed, why citizens couldn't talk unless recognized. I guess I've always just taken the workings of city government/school board for granted because I do cover a lot of meetings. (168 council meetings and 84 school board meetings give or take a few in the time I've worked for Farmersville. This is Farmersville only.) This is not to say I understand everything in council meetings. Trust me I don't and city budgets just makes my head hurt. But I do find the working of government interesting and I think it's a valuable thing to be able to present this to citizens in a way they understand. If you have any suggestions please let me know.