People be talking about politics, am I right?! And they be doing it a lot.
I cannot tell a lie* – politics bores me to tears. I get that this makes me a lout, but a few years of technical school and community college aside, I’m completely uneducated. I know that I SHOULD care about the mayor, city council, school boards, etc. And I try to care.
But as soon as I endeavour to catch up on current affairs in the news, I quickly discover that there is this huge gap between what everyone else seems to THINK is “common knowledge” and what this commoner actually knows.
Which led me to wonder, “What would it take to get me to get interested?”
I have come to the conclusion, my little monkeys, that it would take someone explaining municipal politics to me as though I were a child, using the only framework I have to operate within: a monosyllabic vocabulary and a lot of pop culture references.
So I give you my two-part video series on Edmonton’s new-for-2010 12-Ward System. I hope you enjoy it.
Part 2: When? Why? can be found over here, on something the kids call YouTube.
*totally a lie
By Jeff Samsonow, for the EP.com team
Before we start doing stuff we should probably tell you just what is we plan to do.
EdmontonPolitics.com is a collaboration of Edmonton bloggers, podcasters, writers, developers, and anyone else who wants in. We want to cover the 2010 municipal and school board elections like it’s never been done.
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