I'd like to extend on invitation to our readers and commenters to join the OC Blogpen and be part of Orange County's most influential online political medium.

During the course of the past four years, our current and former Blogpen members have been drawn from the ranks of consultants, long-time activists, elected officials and local observers of the political swamplands. They've also been drawn from among the ranks for readers and commenters, such as one of our early and most prolific bloggers, Lurk. Kahuna, a finer blogger more of the Center than the Right, was another.

Another long-time commenter, TylerH, just joined the Blogpen and will be posting soon. I encourage any politically Center-Right readers and commenters to contact me if they are interested in contributing their insight and analysis of OC government and politics, or conducting some investigative blogging, or covering neglected aspects of county life. Former Blogpen members, such as Silence Dogood, are welcome to return to the fold.

Potential Blogpen members can write under their own name, or in the tradition of OC Blog, use a pseudonym if deemed necessary. Contact me and we'll discuss what's expected, and then go from there.