Greetings all - The Texas Legislative Session is coming up in January and, as the old saying here goes, no man or his property is safe. The Texas Observer has an active social networking segment, IObserve, on our site, but it's only open to subscribers who donated a minimum of $35 to the Observer. Funding would allow us to improve our software and, most importantly, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE THE SITE AVAILABLE TO ALL, with no sign up fee. Our site traffic has double in the last year and the Observer is known as the go-to group for legislative coverage. We know we can make iObserve a buzzing hub of citizen/reporter interaction and information.