There’s a new blogger in town, and he’s running for Council! True, George Boyce is best known locally as the founder (with wife Eva Fallon) of Greenbelt’s MakerSpace, but as a long-time (by Internet standards) blogger, I was psyched to discover that George started a blog to get the word out. He has lots to say and says it well.

The web address says Boyce4Council but it’s much more than the usual campaign website because it includes full opinion pieces scrolling down the main screen, and that’s what makes it a blog, folks.

Here’s how to subscribe to new articles (“posts” in blogspeak) by email.

And here are a few things I’ve learned from reading the entries so far.

George has a very, very impressive biography.

Current Council members have served on the Council for 116 years, collectively, and George thinks it’s time for some new blood.

More on that in the post called “Why Elect George Boyce, which starts with the statement that Greenbelt needs “an infusion of fresh ideas, technical skills, and entrepreneurial business experience. This certainly will not happen if the entire incumbent slate is re-elected yet again. With 35 years of experience as a technical and business leader, I am the most qualified challenger they face.”

And I learned that George isn’t just FOR transparency in government; he’s making it happen with this post about campaign finances in the last Council election, and more in the post called “Shame on Council.”

In a quick interview George told me that his primary reasons for running are:

• To get people engaged, demonstrating that it IS possible to beat an incumbent.
• To promote science and tech programs here, and we need Council members who understand why that’s needed.  The county has made Greenbelta Science and Technology Business District, which will bring certain resources to the city but only if the city actually asks for them.

George has my vote, and his website/blog combo has a place in the Greenbelt Online Directory and in this blog’s sidebar.