The LuLac Political Letter

As with most writers in the Yahoo Contributor Network, I write about local events, history, culture, and politics. Since I live here, I know what is going on, talk to the people, read the newspapers, listen to talk radio and so forth. There may be other areas of the country that are more fascinating than Northeastern Pennsylvania, but I do not live there, do not know what is going on and cannot write about it. One of the really interesting aspects of the Yahoo Network is that contributors write about the areas where they live and they really know what they are talking about. When writers from around the country visit the various small towns around the country and file their reports, I get the impression that they only report what they see, and they really do not understand what is going on and their analysis seems superficial.

The Media in Northeastern Pennsylvania

The media is really strong in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I live in Wilkes-Barre which is one of only a handful of cities that have two successful newspapers. There are many other newspapers scattered across Northeastern Pennsylvania. We have numerous television stations that are constantly broadcasting the news, and we have two talk radio stations. This is an unlikely place for a politically oriented blog site to be successful and yet we have two. One is the Lu Lac Political Letter and the other is Pittston Politics. I have come to appreciate the LuLac Political Letter. The writer has the same quality that many of the writers in the Yahoo Contributor Network have. He lives in the area, he knows what is going on and he knows what he is talking about.

The writer and editor is David Yonki. He has lived here for most of his life, and he has been talking and writing about politics for as long as anyone can remember. In addition to running his blog, Yonki has written three books. He also writes various news articles and columns as well as various literary projects. He is a frequent guest on WYOU TV'S INTERACTIVE NEWSCASTS when political issues are discussed on the national, state and local level. Currently he is a panelist on WYLN TV 35's Friday Topic A program. He also appears on the Hazelton Pennsylvania stations Election Night coverage and does special projects and stories for WYLN TV 35's 10PM Newscast "Late Edition".

History

Rated one of Pennsylvania's top blog/sites, the LuLac Political Letter delves into issues of politics on all levels. The site specializes in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties and pop culture. Started in May of 2006, LuLac, which is named for Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties endeavors to cover politics in both counties, Northeastern Pennsylvania, the United States, and on some occasions even the world. LuLac operates by editions. To date there have been over 1500 editions of the site. Unlike rambling blogs or shorty bites, LuLac editions focus on a single topic or series of them. They urge readers to think of LuLac as a mini magazine, newspaper, or broadcast where the reader can see something or learn something about politics that they might not have known before clicking onto LuLac. Frame of reference is extremely important in political reporting. The blog writer usually uses historical perspective to give the reader a clearer angle of the big picture. LuLac strives to answer the age old question people have always asked of their leaders: "What were you thinking when you did that?"

The day I wrote this story there was a very interesting story on the blog. It was about ethics, which is a very big issue in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The story was about the transfer of power in a corporation. The incumbent CEO was going to transfer power to a group of potential candidates. The candidates were given seeds and had to report back in a year and present the plants they had grown. One candidate, JIm, could not grow anything and he thought something was wrong. So after a year he went to the meeting with his empty pot and expected to be ridiculed. The other candidates had great plants they had grown. Jim won the contest as he was the only honest one. The seeds were fake and nothing was expected to grow.

Source: http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/