Hi George,

One speaker at last week's Democratic convention made an important comment that I fear may have gotten lost amidst all of the hoopla and suspense of the day's events.

I'm referring to David Simmons' remark about the digital divide within our Party. As you well know, so much of the dicussion about Party issues (and civic issues in general) happens over e-mail & the Internet these days. Unfortunately, as David pointed out, this excludes a great many of our neighbors from the conversation. I am just as guilty as the next person for consistently neglecting this fact.

We would do our Party and our community a great disservice by not heeding David's words and working to resolve this problem. Perhaps your readers could post suggestions on your web page (OK, damn the irony) about how to proceed.

Dave Norris (electronic mail, March 6, 2002)