Dateline: Placeblogosphere -- Is there a placeblog on Pluto yet?

Squandered Heritage is just pictures of houses slated for demolition in New Orleans. Heartbreaking. Infuriating. Craig Smith: "Why Is There So Little Local News In My Local Newspaper?" Near Southeast DC Redevelopment: "Nexus Gold Club will be auctioning off all its fixtures, furniture, and equipment, followed by its coveted nude dancing license." Internet to the Rescue! The Sarasota City Manager wants to change his blogspot blog to a community site where residents can sign up for their own blog. Give him your two cents. Alaskan placeblog Ester Republic is celebrating its *eighth* birthday. Politics Vermont is signing off after two years -- on the same day they reveal who's writing the blog. The Madison Post is now putting out a print product -- and will pay bloggers for their work if it's reprinted in the paper edition. Link. San Jose Inside has high hopes for the new mayor: "And, after he straightens out the ethics of City Hall, balances the budget, restores confidence in city government, and reinstates Pluto as a planet, then he can approach one of the noxious problems of recent times: our arts scene." Lots of sites are putting in their two cents on today's speech by President Bush. DCist's is the funniest: "Those of you who work in the garment trade will know that the act of overcasting the raw edge of fabric to prevent unraveling is called "serging." But that's not what everyone will be talking about tonight." Seminole Heights notices kitchen scales for sale at...gas stations? "Gourmet Surge: Based on the number of kitchen scales I have seen for sale, first at the BP Station at Sligh and then the Texaco at Osborne, we must have recently been inundated with a lot of gourmet cooks who like to weigh their food before they cook it." New Haven Independent: "Moments after a hearing in which Habitat for Humanity testified in favor of shutting down the man on the right’s Newhallville bar, the non-profit housing organization got an anonymous phone call threatening to burn its offices down." Eye on Boise reports on state reps taking public business behind closed doors: "“That’s just the way it’s gonna run,” [Chairman] Roberts said. “When families have delicate issues that they need to deal with, they have a family meeting, and they don’t involve the neighbors.” Soooo, does this mean We The People aren't part of the family anymore? No wonder we didn't get a holiday card...