The LuLac Edition #5, 649 May 6th, 2026

 

WRITE ON

WEDNESDAY

LULAC @ 20!!!

 

By David Yonki

On May 6^th, 2006, the first edition of the LuLac Political Letter was written. It started out when the deans of local newspaper’s political reporters were retiring or had passed away. There was a need to do a digital snapshot in time for this new century. The power of the Internet was such that one could be sure the words written and events documented would be there forever, save an atomic disaster.

When LuLac started, there were at least ten political blogs. Pioneers like Mark Cour, Joe Valenti and Ben Hoon provided guidance and in many ways inspiration. The format needed to be consistent, familiar and I got that lesson from working with George Graham at WVIA FM. LuLac needed to be there every day with a familiar road map of the day’s events.

When Facebook and Twitter and the other variations came, we were asked to transition. There were events, stories of politicos’ past, present and future that needed to be told. It was envisioned as a type of history for this region, state, and country. Our growth has been a surprise to me. We have an average of 1500 visitors a day and have reached 2.6 million visits in a 20-year frame. Now by some standards that might seem paltry when celebrities get a million hits when they sneeze. But that number is beyond anything I can ever imagine back in ’06.

This might not be the best source of information, we do not do investigative reporting, and I am the not the best writer in the world. But except for a few absences due to medical issues, we have been here for over 5, 648 editions of life in what I call LuLac land.

After twenty years, LuLac, like all of us, are a work in progress. As Aries Spears noted, “To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.”

Or as our friend the late Father Tom Carten once said about his groundbreaking Radio Hoe Visitor Program on WRKC FM, “We’ll keep doing this until we get it right.”