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Scoop has been eager to keep abreast of campaign comings and goings from the candidates' web sites. In the first campaign since Howard Dean's Internet strategy, many candidates started web sites and blogs to share their views.
But a look at the candidates' sites is like a trip in the Wayback Machine.
Don Vaughan: His campaign site (with 234 hits) has a generic greeting but no updates on candidate positions or campaign news. It links to the Vaughan family blog, but the last posting there was made August 31.
Ed Whitfield: The last post on Ed Whitfield's Different View hasn't been updated since an Aug. 13 post about how he was described as a "60's radical" in the Rhinoceros Times.
Janet Wallace: There are only two posts on http://janet4council.blogspot.com/, with the last one posted Sept. 4. To her credit, the first post is a rather lengthy post about her campaign platform.
Mike Barber: His web site, http://www.mikebarberlaw.com, still shows that he's a candidate for Guilford County Commissioner, a race he lost in 2004.
Dianne Bellamy-Small: Her home page includes a copy of her official bio/resume from the city's web site, the city's official photo of her and the city's logo. The second page appears to be the text of a letter she sent to constituents after her first year on the city council. It concludes, "I feel this first year as your District 1 representative has been a positive learning experience..."
She has now served nearly two years in the position.
Tom Phillips: Tom is unopposed, and he suspended his blog on Aug. 28.
Other candidates have been more active, including Diane Davis, Lewis Byers, Joel Landau and Florence Gatten. Each has either frequently updated blogs or web sites that have more information than just a home page.
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