When Doug and I started GraniteGrok, things were fine and dandy as we were blogging about State and National level issues (for the most part). Then we discovered that wasn’t holding water any more as we found, under the rubric of “What’s happening in our town is happening in yours”, we took a look backwards and saw that we were doing more Gilford politics than not. Figuring that folks might not like that emphasis, we started our first “MicroGrok” (even as we didn’t think of it in that fashion) in starting GilfordGrok. We now announce that it is growing up: LakesRegionGrok.
It worked for several years and was quite popular as we reported what we saw (and what a lot of the good ole boys wished we hadn’t). However, over time, Doug had left and I finished my 3rd (and last term) on the Budget Committee and it fell into disuse – and I deleted it (wished I hadn’t, in retrospect). Then “stuff” started back up and I recreated it.
But folks from other town surrounding our hamlet asked if they could put things up; politics and culture started to heat up. Gunstock Mountain Resort, Gunstock Area Commission, Gilford Schools (Superintendent Kirk Beitler, Critical Race Theory, Policy JBAB), Laconia Schools (yes, Superintendent Steve Tucker, along with the same issues, add a sense of entitlement and a bad sense that he could met out retribution to employees that oppose him)…..things were expanding beyond Gilford.
So GilfordGrok, as of last week, is now LakesRegionGrok – all of that content has been moved over. Now, we can service an expanded area, hopefully expanding coverages by interested folks, and if so moved, some new writers. If you live in the greater Lakes Region (or an interest in it) and are unhappy with how the Liberal (snicker) are treating you on the “inclusive” Facebook Community pages (under whatever name), we have a home for you.
For more information, email me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com!
Oh yeah, if someone wants to create a logo and suggest a tagline, I’m willing to look and listen!
