Poll Update

Only four more days to vote on the Lobbyist poll. Reminder, he'll be at City Hall tonight meeting with, hopefully, a handful of councilors.

As for results thus far, I'm not completely surprised. I didn't expect the larger number of respondents to be dead set against the idea, but I suppose I should have.

Keep voting.

And now a word from our sponsor

Kate Yeomans, who interned at the Daily News back in The Day and has one of the best nautical-themed names ever, agreed to buy me a large coffee at Plum Island roasters if I ran a plug for her new venture.

I couldn't, in good conscience, run the entire press release. But here's a sampling.

BOAT CAMP Inc., a new nonprofit marine education program based in Newburyport, MA, is accepting registration for spring and summer. After 19 years with Coastal Discoveries, Rob and Kate Yeomans formed BOAT CAMP Inc. last fall in order to expand and diversify marine education offered in the community.

And the Web site for Boat Camp.

I am now a paid blogger. Don't tell the IRS.

In all seriousness, programs like this and Coastal Discoveries are yet another reason I love living in this city. Good stuff. (Now I just have to convince her to waive the eight-year-old age minimum and take The Boy out for a few longish vogages this summer.)

A little inside tidbit on Newburyport Posts

When I have nothing to write I'll comment on the poll. Watch for it.