An elaborate VDB welcome to any Burlington Free Press readers who may be clicking into the site for the first time today.

We offer politics and satire, piping hot, on a daily basis. Not to mention top-shelf caricature by in-house artist Marc Nadel, and the occasional Danziger mini-masterpiece. Not to mention in-depth interviews with intriguing 2006 candidates (see sidebar). And not to mention that you can email us at any time day or night.

Finally, deep thanks to Geoff Gevalt, creative guru of the Free Press’s Young Writers Project, for introducing a whole new generation to VDB.

Now that’s a vision for the future.