I was going to make this post a congratulations to Congressman John Campbell and Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa for joining the stable of FlashReport correspondents.  Then, I realized.  Before the addition of these two gentlemen to the FR ranks, Jon Fleischman’s 15 bloggers included only two elected legislative officials … Mike Spence and yours truly.  

I hadn’t much thought about this prior, but of all the illustrious talent blog-posting on this site … names like Schnur and Whalen, Ross and Probolsky, the Professor and Maryanne … only two were held in such high esteem that we could be called HONORABLE.  And, even though it was only two of us, no one was apparently clamoring for more "electeds" to post … were they?  Mike and I were obviously more than adequate.  Then, Jon goes off and "hires" two more.

Come on, what can a congressional representative and a state legislator add to the FlashReport that a councilmember and a school board member can’t?  I mean, besides being one of only 435 and 80, in their respective houses, as representatives for the most powerful nation in the world and arguably the most powerful state in the nation?  

Er … ok … maybe I’ll shut up now.

In all seriousness, in case you thought I was kidding before (HA!), the addition of Campbell and LaMalfa to these pages speaks volumes about the respect the FR has gained in just a few months, its influence within the political arena, and — probably most of all — the vision of one Jon Fleischman in creating and driving forward a site that is truly on the cutting edge of both the political web portal and blog world.

And, I would say those things even if I didn’t write for the FR Big Daddy.  A very serious and hearty congratulations to Jon and the FlashReport, and especially to Congressman Campbell and Assemblyman LaMalfa.  These two truly honorable men will bring very significant insight to these pages.  I look forward to the future of the FlashReport.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 6th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.