Well, this month we're doing good. The Roulette News Blog has had over 1800 visitors so far this month.

Last month we had over 22 hundred.
So far, each month has shown an increase in visitors. That means, we only have 5 days to break our record.


So, we need to ask a favor.


If each of you email one or two people who may or may not have some connection with the McKean/Potter County area a note to encourage them to check out the site, I think we can do it!

Thanks to all of you who chip in and send us stories, photos, and comments on the blog. The comments are my favorite.


We're not a newspaper. In fact, some zealous fans have recently been going onto sites like the Potter Leader Enterprise and saying great things about us, but nasty things about them in their guestbook.

Here's the deal, I know a lot of you are angry that the Leader doesn't post all their stories online for free.

and we do.

BUT we are not even in the same category, or caliber as the Leader.

They are an excellent newspaper, and in fact, one of the best in the area.
I've done a lot of work with the Leader, and I hope to do more in the future. I have nothing against them or the way they do things. I totally understand the readers frustration about the lack of web stories, but even more so, I respect the longstanding tradition of the Leader Enterprse, and contend that their paper is inexpensive, and anyone who wants to complain about paying a buck to read the newspaper is just plain out cheap.

While we are flattered that our readers see a need to promote us online, maybe a little decorum is appropriate... I would never put the Roulette News Blog in the same category as the Leader Enterprise. There are things in the newspaper you'll never see on the site, more information, and viewpoints than we can afford to handle. Nothing Else compares, and nothing can compare to a good old fashioned newspaper.

We are something different, I'm not saying better, or worse, at all. It's apples and oranges.

We are a News Blog.

It's a revolution, actually. A rebellion against the way news is and was and will be done.

But it's a peaceful rebellion.

Our thought here is to provide online news, daily (or as close to it as possible) with reader interaction, and opinion.

We appreciate our readers. It makes me jump up and down to think that over two thousand people a month see it fit to log on and check out what we're doing.

Thanks for all your support!

-Josh-