I was pleasantly surprised to come across the City of Leesburg blog while researching a blog post for Empirical Polk. The blog is written by the Leesburg City Manager Ron Stock. Looking over the archives, Ron started the blog in May of 2005:

So, why am I doing this?

Well a friend of mine, Scott, has been persistently encouraging me. Scott is an "early adapter" and has been blogging for years--even before the term was defined. He apparently believes in the old adage "tell your story, or someone else will tell it for you." But he has updated it to "Blog, or be blogged."

I will attempt to post something on my blog almost evey workday. I hope you will find it entertaining, informative, and useful enough that you will return again and again!

While Ron has not been able to blog everyday, he has picked up some steam in 2006. His posts contain city news, discussions of growth & development and educational issues. The one caveat about the blog though is the lack of comments. I plan on adding the feed to my reader and watching what's going on in the City of Leesburg.