Witness goes legitimate

The Accidental Witness has gone legitimate by signing a correspondents (stringers) contract with Community Newspaper Company’s Lincoln Journal.
The intent is to complement the unusual with the factual.
Work published to date includes local news and lifestyle features. The first article, published on the Journal’s front page involved attending and reporting a meeting on controversial expansion in Lincoln’s historic district requiring interviews for information and quotes. Click here to read.
The second in the Arts and Lifestyle section is a feature on aspiring writers and the Lincoln Library 'Write Stuff' writer's group. Click here to read.

Mixed messages in Lexington.

Taken by phone camera, this picture demonstrates the limited use of mobile blogging technology. The cryptic signs in yellow say 'Yes to Lexington - Keep Lexington strong in 2006'. Stong for what and how? By way of unintended explanation, the blue signs say 'NO TO TAX OVERIDE' and "NO to 13.4% increase'.

The yellow signs are professionally printed and appear to be part of a coordinated campaign, popping up like spring daffodils in gardens throughout town. The blue hand written signs have more the of the flavor of a solitary citizen's protest. As I watched a procession of cars honk their horns in support or defiance of one or other of the elevated signs, the yellow sign bearer was relieved by another citizen, as if ending her tour of sentry duty. The blue sign bearer looked on, perhaps a little envious of the strength Lexington already has in its drive to price those on fixed incomes out of town.