Happy Anniversary!

Yes, can you believe it? One year ago today, we welcomed you to this blog. Ten days later Tropical Storm Alberto was forming in the Gulf, and we blogged about it. We also talked about the looming increase in TAMPOA assessments of then 25%. Who at that time would have thought that the 25% increase would become only a drop in the bucket and end up to be a 250% plus increase. Who would have thought that assessments might go up even more? Who would have believed then that the controversy over the Truman Annex gates would continue for so long without an end in sight?

Now we turn the page and look forward to the future. We expect that there will be many changes to this blog in the coming months. While we can't say yet what they will be, we can say that our effort will be to bring you something new. We will be changing, but we will also stay the course of creating interesting discussion. We have had a challenging first year.

We thank our loyal readers for all their information and support this past year. We also thank our haters. Without your nastiness and hateful (unpublished) comments, we would not have had the energy to keep plugging away. In an unwitting way, you too have been drawn into the discussion, even though you didn't want to be. That means you have had to listen and possibly learn something you may not have known. So even though you don't like us, we thank you for sharing your point of view.

As we celebrate our one year anniversary, we'll be thinking about the future and the news and commentary we will continue to bring to you. Stay tuned.