Open Casting Call for Ankle-Biters & Hell Raisers!

I want to write a piece on local political activists and hell raisers. I think they play and important role in our system and admire their personal courage to say what others are afraid to, question authority, and to speak truth to power. If you know of someone that should be featured, or are someone that should be featured, please send me their name and contact info to my email address at lionstar75@gmail.com or if you have just their name, feel free to post it here.

The plan is to do a short interview with them, outline their hot-button issues, and maybe do some video depending on the person and situation.

Thanks everyone!

The LionStar Answers FAQ’s

My blog is only a couple of months old (started it in February) and has received quite a bit of attention thanks to you, my valued and loyal readers. I receive a lot of feedback through emails, phone calls, and conversations on the street. Surprisingly most of it is good and very little is negative. They way I write, I counted on a lot more blow back, not that I am complaining!

One thing that surprised me the most was how many readers had similar questions about me or the blog, so I thought I’d answer as many of them that I can. Here they are in the order most-asked.

1.       Are you running for office or planning on it? No! Not now, not ever. No one writes the way I write expecting a future as an elected official. Plus I feel more empowered as a private citizen and community activist. I can say what ever I want without worrying about a political payback in the future that will jeopardize a candidacy. I can talk about or advocate for any issue I please, whether it’s local, state, or federal without having to be concerned if it’s in my scope of responsibility. Now that I think about it, I probably still have to worry about payback though…

 

2.       Do you work for an elected official or powerful figure? Nope, I work for myself. Like I said before, I don’t kiss anyone’s ring or bow to any party boss. I am my own man.

 

3.       Don’t you have anything better to do than blog all day / What do you do for a living that you have some much time to write? This is the same question, just asked a different way depending if the person asking me is pissed at me or not. No, I don’t have anything better to do, lol. I try to keep the content new and fresh because I value you as a reader and want you to have something new to read when you visit my site. I make the time to collect content and write.

 

4.       What are you going to write about after the elections are over? I have no idea! Just kidding, I have plenty of things in mind. Plus, if you know me well, you know I never run out of things to talk about.

 

5.       Why don’t you reveal your real name? Mostly because it’s now common knowledge. Someone accidentally outed me a while back. At first, I tried to keep my real name a bit of a secret because I wanted to feel free to write the way I think, with no filter. But like I said, my cover was blown and it really hasn’t changed anything much…yet.

So there you have it, the five most commonly-asked questions I get from people. If you were ever wondering the same things you see listed, you now have your answer. If you have any other queries, let me know and I’ll be happy to answer, unless it’s too personal, lol.