Inland Empire Progressive

I know I have promised to post more often. But, I have failed in that regard. I was contemplating shutting the whole enterprise down. I decided not to because there is need for local reporting that much of the local newspapers don't get to. In addition, reports are long winded and often very dry reads. That may have been my reluctance to post more often. The task is very daunting and I am just one man. However, I have added a new feature in which I am thoroughly linked via Twitter and Facebook. I will just post my analysis as I get done with it and not worry too much about deadlines. Good things take time and I know this will be great.

I have decided to revise the blog once again by removing the Left Field Page and replacing it with a Water Page. Water is an important topic for California and especially here in the Inland Empire. Water drives future growth and whoever controls the water makes the rules!

The Inland Empire has the infrastructure necessary to compete regionally with Los Angeles, San Fransisco, and San Diego counties. However, some of the elements in the infrastructure architecture are weak. Four elements make up the infrastructure necessary to sucessfully lay the foundation for a Clean Energy Business boom: Land - County and Federal land gives our county a strategic and competition advantage. We have wind, solar, and geothermal capabilities  at our fingertips. Labor - a major weakness for our county is the educated workforce that is necessary to understand, implement, and maintain the green techonolgy sector. Conservatives hold the majority of trustee and education posts so it is unlikely we will see any movement toward skilled green collar workforce anytime soon. Capital - Another weakness in kick starting the geen business boom is the death of both venture capital and angel investors willing to plant a flag in the Inland Empire. A huge f...

Not liking Microsoft Word's blog feature or my work place internet right now! Can't post thoughts! GRRR

In addition I would like to thank Messrs. Ezra Klien and Matt Yglesias and Brother Paul Krugman. These folks inspired me to write about my community.

I was looking at my last post and though OMG has it been almost a year since my last post! I've wanted to write for awhile but something always seems to distract my attention, or more likely I've made up excuses not to post. So I decided to redesign my blog to try and motivate me to post at least daily. I can post on the go using my mobile and I've added static pages to add texture to the general posts I will be making throughout the day. The static pages will stay up longer (about a week) while the home page will be updated daily. Everything I cover will try to be local (IE specific) but I might throw in some state or national stuff as the impulse arises. One thing I do promise is to try to be as fact based as the information will allow, given the mission of this blog, interpret these in the context of the Progressive values of Equality, Sacrifice, and the Greater Good. I hope you will enjoy reading as much as I will enjoy writing. Your Fellow Traveler, William Valle Citiz...

Excited about the upcoming elections this year. With less than 60 days to go I am fired up and ready to work hard and win!