Tom Kisken is one of the Ventura County Star’s best writers and reporters. When he told me he was working on a story where he would interview a group of county residents about the war — non-experts, nobody prominent, but still people where paying attention enough to be informed — I thought it was a great story idea.

The story was published in the Star today and it is a good, balanced piece. I think it’s useful to read what people in your community have to say, but unlike the usual “man in the street” type of story, people who actually have some clue about the issues.