I’ve been pondering a foray into the Green Mountain State for a few years but was burdened by the same issues with other expansions. People promising to write about local stuff and it happening regularly are very different things. They mean well, but I get it.
Writing comes easily for some, while most folks have other skill sets. They want to write, but sitting down to do it is torture. It’s a waste of their time and resources. They can participate in the fight for liberty in other ways. Adding a digital presence in Vermont was on the bucket list but until this past week untenable.
At the end of last week, True North Reports (TNR) announced that it would no longer add new content. That would leave several capable writers without that page to land on, so I started reaching out. We can count on a few of TNR’s regular contributors to provide content to VermontGrok.
It’s Time
I’ve been throwing down my fair share of words about Vermont. We’ve got a ‘Grok author who lives there. We’ve got a pair of TNR writers ready to pitch in, but will anyone else in Vermont volunteer to write state and local stories for its pages? I think we can attract a few more, add local op-eds published as we do here on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River, and with the added reach GraniteGrok, boom!
We’re doing this!
Not long from now, a New Grok will appear as a link in the header of every page. It will be part of GraniteGrok as we do our best to fill some of the void left by TNR.
And …
At some point, much as we have in New Hampshire, we intend to Dominate the Political Bandwidth in Vermont.
This is not the final proof, but I was fooling around with it and liked where it was going. We’ll unveil the real thing on opening day.
A Thing Worth Doing
We ask our readers to support independent media, and we practice what we preach – and my trying to go full-time with your help makes this leap tenable.
While not the only option, TNR was an important part of the other side of Vermont’s media landscape. Vermonters lose a step without alternative content or opinion on the day’s issues, culture, and news. We’re not going to allow that to happen. And what better day than Independence Day to announce it?
We’d also like to welcome all of TNR’s readers and commenters. Yes, we allow comments. You will need to sign up for DISQUS (sorry), but that’s what we’ve been using for more years than I can count. We don’t brook trolls, foul language, implied threats, or violent language against anyone, but everything else is on the table—debate matters.
I hope you will join us as readers, commenters, and op-ed writers when the urge strikes you.
A formal announcement will follow when the page is live.
One more Question. Do you like Green MountainGrok Better?
