I have had a number of people encouraging me to disallow amonymous posts. I'm not going to do that, because I'd like to see the widest range of posts possible, anonymous or not. I do believe however that if we all treat each other with respect, whether we agree or disagree, eventually nobody will need to post anonymously. Cynics will say that's not possible, while I say it is completely possible, but that whether or not it happens is completely up to all of you.

Thanks again to everyone who has taken the time to post, in less than 2 weeks we've had almost 150 comments posted. As Stan Z. said, we've created a real (or maybe virtual) town hall here!

To Name or Not to Name - what about anonymous posts? In a perfect world, I'd love to see everyone talk to each other in the open. If the world were that perfect, though, I wouldn't need this Blog, would I? Anonymous posting is fine with me if that makes someone more comfortable with sharing a thought. Though I do think it would work better if people would choose some sort of name - say "Genius One" perhaps - because first I can recognize and connect that person's opinions if they post more than once, and secondly that makes it easier for me to direct a response to their comment. I would like to think that over time people will be more willing to self-identify, or maybe stop me at City Hall, shake my hand and say "hey, I'm Genius One!" Then we're really getting somewhere.