Listening to President Obama’s speech today, I was pleased by its elegance and prose, but my favorite line was just this one:

       “Those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.”  

It was a simple statement that economic reform and recovery are intimately tied to open government and transparency.  This, to me, is what this organization — ChangeAustin.org — is and must be about at the local level.

Some of us were at Scholz Beer Garten on Monday to watch the inauguration on their big screen TV’s.  It was packed!  We passed out hundreds of “Change Begins at Home” fliers and were met with agreement.  

If you’re reading this blog and want to get involved in the local “change movement”, you came to the right place.  Make sure you sign up at our Take Action page.  We’re setting up teams right now, so you can get in on the ground floor of our Community Organizing, Blogging, Research, Speakers, Administration and Business Organizing efforts.

We failed to make it to the “Y’all’s Ball”, which was sold out!  So some of us are talking about our own after-the-inaugural dance.  Interested?  Call me at 383-8484.  Linda Curtis