After clacking away at the keyboard for ePluribus Media, Political Cortex, Dailykos, My Left Wing and Booman Tribune, I was inspired by Markos and Jerome to push it aside and Crash a Gate or two myself and run for the New York State Senate. Yesterday, I announced my candidacy at Waryas Park along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York. The headline in our largest paper was, "Blogger will seek Saland Senate seat".

The New York state government is, like so many others around the county, a total mess and completely inaccessible. Decisions are made behind locked, back room doors of Albany, and the only people who are allowed in to play are those who pay. The result? We end up with the "best" government "their" money can buy. It's totally alienating to the citizens of the state. We have no say in the important issues that concern our daily lives...Health Care, Property Taxes, Education and the Environment. Literally, a sad State of affairs.