I'm taking the family to meet my folks today so posting will be very light.

I spend most of yesterday doing research on a very big story which is not getting the attention it deserves in the media (in fact, this story is outrageous and people should, and will, be held accountable). Lets just say again that based on my conversations with people in a majority of the wards in this city, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THIS YEAR WILL BE DEVELOPMENT, period. No illegal immigration, no sex offender ordinance, no 311 system...no, no, no, no. THE FIRST THING that comes out of the mouths of a CLEAR majority of people is one thing...D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T.

I'm tempted to just start rolling the stories but that wouldn't be the right thing to do. Most of my material will only work with the new layout, there is a great deal of paper work that needs to be digitized, and many more video interviews need to be conducted before I can get the ball rolling.

The thing I'm most excited about in my travels across the city was finding out how many people read this site and people thanking me for what I'm doing. It's one thing to see the number of hits on this site, it's another thing to have people say "HEY, your that HatCityBLOG guy, " proceed to talk to me about issues in their community, and ask me how they can help out.

With that, I'm very please to announce that more people will be joining the HatCityBLOG team and my ultimate goal is to have a person from each ward reporting on what's going on in their community. Right now some people are helping out as writers and others will doing the dirty work as researchers. It's getting to the point where this blog thing is becoming bigger than I ever thought and I'm helping readers of this site from other cities across the nation get started with their own blog.

In closing, I'd like to thank all those who I've talked to in the last month in my travels across Danbury. Thank you for your comments, talking to me about your concerns, and taking time out of your schedule to chat with me. It's almost like there is a serious disconnect with people who think they know what's going on and the community who seriously feel that their concerns are not being heard. Hopefully, over the next year, this site will be an vehicle for the silent majority who's getting overlooked and by all indications will express their feelings come this November.

Now, off to my parent's house...they want to see their granddaughter.