Comments on: The Great Decatur Online Debate

By: Bruce Fabrick

Bruce Fabrick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:13:38 +0000

Great use of interweb here, this is democracy in action. Highlights for me include typing styles under pressure, the burdens of projecting a political philosophy underneath a frosting of logical response to complex issues, the freedom of great intentions vs records of accomplishment… the real world is exposed! I agree the school board debates would be useful in a similar format – bunny slippers all around!

By: Fred Boykin

Fred Boykin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:47:06 +0000

I just read over the transcript too because I wondered how it read compared to reading in “real time” as we typed. I know there was a hustle on our part to get our responses out, but, overall, I think it reads pretty well after the fact.

Enjoyed the tryout.

After reading through the transcript, I have to say that I think Patti Garrett gave the best responses of us all.

By: KC

KC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:53:43 +0000

I just read over this transcript, and I am thoroughly impressed! This was awesome, DM! Great job.

Liked Patti’s haiku too.

By: MrFixIt

MrFixIt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:27:20 +0000

Hmmm… maybe I did jump the gun on that comment a bit. Decatur Bulldogs are fine, Kyle. Of course it’s all very confusing to my 5 year old son… explaining the terrible mistake that happened when someone made Decatur’s mascot a wrinkly old dog with sleep apnea instead of a fast and fearsome yellow jacket and how he needs to like some Bulldogs better than other bulldogs… but all yellow jackets are fine.

Well, our high school mascot was a Highlander… yep, a guy in a skirt…. so I guess things could be much worse.

By: Daniella

Daniella — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:05:33 +0000

wow. I just read it all and it was really a great service. As a new (10 months!) Decatur resident and S Dectaur homeowner, I am really interested in the issues around this election. As a mother to a pre-schooler two years away from kindergarten, I am particularly interested in what’s going on with the annexation and school redistricting. Thank you so much for doing this and giving those of us who can’t make it to the forums a place to hear from the candidates.