Commenting on a colleague’s work

I posted my comment for stage six assignment on Texas Politics blog by Tri Nguyen. I personally found stage 5 challenging since we were to write an original editorial or commentary and I happened to find my personal think tank to be on empty, without any place to refill for miles. I did what I could with it. I read Tri's and liked how he was basically open and honest with his views and the article came across as very genuine to me. I had this to say on his page:

"This is a good blog Tri and I for one can certainly relate to what you’re saying and where you’re coming from. I haven’t been in Austin my whole life but it’ll be seventeen years this summer and I certainly have seen the changes around town and watched the city grow. Austin in the 90s was certainly different then Austin at the turn of the millennium and that is even vastly different then the Austin, TX we have and love today. The restaurants and venues we have now are all very much different and more retro with a lot of hipster places having sprouted all over town. Austin has certainly become a mini metropolitan city and I for one like the way it is going, I can relate when you say you don’t see yourself leaving anytime soon.

I think you’re right though when it comes to budgeting, job security, health care costs and life certainty and security, not much of the important stuff has changed at all, especially post the .com bust of the early 2000s.

I like the solutions you’re offering, they seem thought out and I see the logic in what you’re saying. I like the notion of allowing citizens to vote on how exactly our government spends our taxes dollars, that would be nice. I personally would vote on making sure those in government weren’t using tax payer dollars foolishly and on frivolous things and that they don’t personally have any golden parachutes. They should be held accountable if they are the ones driving the direction of the ship. If our society is failing, they should be feeling it the hardest.

Anyway, great stuff, great points and opinions and an over all enjoyable article to read. Two thumbs up!"