Another year has flown by since the Voice became legal. While things in Burlingame are constantly changing, especially over the last three or four years, things here at Ye Olde Voice stay the same. Same format sans advertising unlike the hodgepodge of unreadability that characterizes one of the neighboring blogs. Same categories on the right-hand frame that help you find something from the past. I think that feature and the backlinks in new posts mark the Voice as different and more useful than other sites. It's like writing a history book a week at a time. Commenters have the freedom to use their names or a pen name as old Ben Franklin approved of doing–or just read, which many do. And there is the same low monthly subscriber fee 🙂
If I had to point to any change, it would be the extension of the content a bit further afield than "all B'game all the time". Much of that extension stems from the impact forces outside town have on us. It's not just the County, CalTrans, CHSRA, SFO or the state jamming unwelcome laws, rules and regulations down cities' throats including ours. Our direct neighbors, Millbrae and San Mateo and to a lesser extent Hillsborough, take actions (or fail to take actions) that impact the quality of life in B'game. But the main focus is and will be right here–from Trousdale Dr. to Peninsula Ave. We talk about events and impacts in town and out with a strong preference for data, facts, and a healthy respect for the Law of Unintended Consequences.
A regular reader told me about pointing one of his neighbors to the Voice based on their conversation; thinking he would enjoy it. A few weeks later my friend said his neighbor told him he read "the whole thing for hours and this guy must be living in my head". I hope to stay welcome in there, neighbor.
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