Looking for Leaders in all the wrong places

Warning...political rant. Can't help myself.

So the other day I had lunch with a very interesting person who I won't identify here. Suffice to say that our conversation moved to wondering about who will lead Vermont forward in the years to come. You know....a Leader. Someone with Vision. Someone who can help us get through tough challenges such as...

• VT Yankee and the nuclear power debate
• High Oil and Propane prices that are causing huge worries for the upcoming winter
• Increasing cost of wood and wood stoves for those of us really worried about the high oil costs
• Infrastructure, like our roads and bridges
• Supporting education (my personal favorite)
• Expanding our job base so we stop being so reliant on manufacturing and embrace a growing tech sector that is amazing!

Well I'm filled with RELIEF and JOY that our incumbent governor and a third party candidate care so much about these issues. It's evident to me especially when I read and hear stories like the one that came out today.

Here it is folks...

Douglas-Pollina argue over who gets credit for the "buy local" movement (http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/81071/)

Yep. The folks who say they can lead us are quibbling over who gets CREDIT for the buy local movement. OMG. I can't stand it.

Love agriculture. Love buy local. WHO CARES who should get credit!

Policy much?

More in the news

Well the news keeps on a roll'n! Yesterday, September 6th, yours truly was LIVE on Vermont Public Radio's noon Vermont Edition with Jane Lindholm. The topic? Social Networking of course! Jane and the production team at Vermont Edition interviewed Marketing major Dan Bergeron (of the Seven Days story) on campus the evening before and kicked off the show with him talking about how students are using Facebook to communicate and stay connected.

Then it was my turn! It's been a long time since I've been in the studio -- and this was a lot of fun! Jane did a great job and I enjoyed the conversation. The other guest speaker was the Director of Student Life from Lyndon State College, Jonathan Davis.

Listen to it HERE.

By the way...if you are around checking out the South End Art Hop this Sunday I'll be on a panel of local experts at the Digital Tools for Artists discussion sponsored by Last Monday [interactive]. We'll be over at the held at the Vermont Community Access Media studios at 208 Flynn Avenue from 1 - 3. The goal is to provide artists with information about how to use digital media tools in different ways...and I'll be addressing MARKETING and Online Visibilty and Social Networking. Hope to see you there!