I’m very pleased to announce that we have yet another new blogger in our midst here at DFE, Carla Palumbo.  Mrs. Palumbo was the Democratic Minority Leader in the Legislature until this past election cycle, when she successfully campaigned for the City Council North East position.

I’ve been talking to Carla about all things Legislature for a while now, and she agreed to blog here on DragonFlyEye.Net, so now we’ve finally got her setup.  Her first piece points out that, while a recent D&C article anoints Wayne Zyra as the new President of the Lej, the actual vote has not happened yet.  The D&C seems awfully invested in making decisions among the Republican majority seem like decrees from Caesar.

Even more interesting is her discussion of the Monroe County budget.  I don’t want to startle anyone, but the F.A.I.R. plan may not be all it’s cracked up to be.  Carla has a number of questions about the supposed tax breaks for county residents, but don’t miss the discussion of some interesting and here-to-fore unexplained earmarks left in the budget.  I thought we had a balanced budget 20 million dollar deficit?

So, there’s some good reading to be had over there!  Please check out her writing and comment if you can!  Ask questions, maybe she’ll write more posts!!

In other news

I am in discussions with another blogger who may be joining the team.  If he does, he’ll be much more intimately involved with the site, contributing to this, the Editor’s Blog, doing some site administration and such.  I don’t want to say too much too soon, but he’s a smart guy with a lot of potential.  Stay tuned!