I experienced near perfect weather; upper 70’s low 80’s clear blue skies and a light onshore breeze. There was some rain but it happened when I like best; while I was sleeping! It couldn’t have been more perfect as far as I was concerned.
As I always do when I’m up in Maine, I reflected on this past year and thought about the year ahead. It is such a refreshing place to go and think. Think about all kinds of things going on in ones life including updating life goals and setting new ones.
I spent a little time thinking about the growth of The Beacon. This on-line publication; blog; website, whatever you want to call it has and continues to exceed my expectations. It is now widely read and has had an important impact locally on many issues. It has been ripped off, quoted, angers, shocks, informs, exposes and is buzzed about regularly which is what a local publication should do!
I have to give a shout out to the Beacon team for keeping things running smoothly while I was gone these last two weeks. Essentially, Nancy and Nick kept the site up to date and publishing daily along with with the continued contributions of all of our columnists.
I’d like to think of The Beacon as kind of a writers co-op in the sense that much of the ad revenue is shared amongst our regular columnists; Eve Bushman, Chris Sharp, and John Boston. Unlike some old media outlets that don’t pay their local columnists a nickel; I can happily and confidently say that The Beacon writers are some of the best paid community columnists in the Santa Clarita Valley.
And rightfully so! In my book, you can’t call yourself a writer or an artist or anything unless you get paid for that skill, craft or performance. L.A. is full of “screenwriters” that have never sold a script and “actors” who have never been paid to perform. Just go to virtually any restaurant and see for yourself. There are an awful lot of wannabe’s out there!!
That said; I not only thought about this site but also about the many challenges facing our valley including the ever present poor treatment of residents ; the hospital; the scammers around SCV that are pulling some dishonest crap and seemingly getting away with it; and of course the future governance questions for the unincorporated communities. There is a lot to write about in the coming weeks and months!
There is no shortage of local topics to write about and certainly you will get the whole story here; not some watered down skewed version or worse yet, no coverage as we have all seen in the local old media outlet. There will be some controversial pieces coming up and of course some great bits of history, food & wine, and thoughtful commentaries from all of our contributors.
It’s great to be refreshed, reset, rebooted and ready to go!
Dave Bossert- Commentary
Dave Bossert is a community volunteer who serves on a number of boards and councils. His commentaries represent his own opinions and not necessarily the views of any organization he may be affiliated with or those of the West Ranch Beacon.
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