Skepticism regarding the profitability of ventures that rely on Web-based advertising revenues is quite intense. Bartlett does, however, make a convincing case that he's got a winning formula in his ability to target eyeballs for advertisers. More important, his client list is growing. Still as more of our lives are spent on-line, our concern with the sale of public cyberspace is likely to grow. Because there is essentially infinite room to expand the Internet, there is no need to protect government Web sites as the Grand Canyon or Everglades of the Web.
Talk is cheap.
But someone has to pay for the servers and software that will make e-government work. If you're not willing to pay for them, maybe Motel 6 will be.