{"id":2010,"date":"2009-03-05T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2009-03-05T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T16:11:53","slug":"local-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2010","title":{"rendered":"Local Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love being back home.\u00c2\u00a0 I think of my blog as a local blog &#8211; but I probably will never blog about local politics.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s not why I blog.\u00c2\u00a0 However, I appreciate those who do.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of my favorite reads are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rexroad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Rexroad<\/a> &#8211; a Yolo County Supervisor who blogs about local news and people and occasionally throws in something cute about his kids!<\/p>\n<p>Walt Lucas &#8211; aka Yolo Cowboy &#8211; writes the <a href=\"http:\/\/roughstock.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roughstock Journal<\/a>. from the Esparto area.\u00c2\u00a0 He has ties to the local republican party and blogs about regional and national news.\u00c2\u00a0 Occasionally he&#8217;ll throw in a bit about his church or his family life.<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn writes <a href=\"http:\/\/hellohappypitbulls.typepad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hello Happy Pitbulls<\/a> &#8211; not exactly a political blog &#8211; but you&#8217;ll get more there than you will here! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>With those local political blogs I feel they&#8217;ve covered the topic &#8211; I don&#8217;t need to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>However, trying to find out what&#8217;s going on here has always been a problem for me.\u00c2\u00a0 (That&#8217;s one reason I was pleased to be involved in starting the local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yolocountyymca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">YMCA&#8217;s webiste<\/a>, a site for my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodlandtroop68.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">boy&#8217;s boy scout troop<\/a> and a site for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-a-c-h-e.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">local homeschool group<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 So, I was checking out our local wiki and it needs help!\u00c2\u00a0 And, now I&#8217;m trying to get up the nerve to edit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodlandwiki.org\/Front_Page\" target=\"_blank\">local wiki<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It is very new &#8212; and I know I could add some great stuff &#8212; I&#8217;ve always been great at digging up information, but I&#8217;m scared to actually start! 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