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This email is being sent to approx. 150 people. It is also being posted on my website. If anyone wants to follow up on these ideas on behalf of Evanston, feel free to do so. Also feel free to share with others. I myself will not be able to do any follow-up. To:People in my […] The post Opportunity for EVANSTON, IL? Local Foods + Participatory Budgeting + U.S. Money Supply appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

Hopefully this will be my last newsletter about the city manager search. What a bunch of SNAFUs and embarrassments. We can take comfort in the good baby steps happening in Evanston — participatory budgeting (covered in my last newsletter), guaranteed income pilot program, alternative voting forms, etc. This being the first day of school in […] The post EVANSTON, IL POP-UP NEWSLETTER — Guaranteed Income, social collapse, city manager search appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

In 2005, at the age of 54, I embarked on a new chapter in my life — organizing around food & farm policy. Within 1.5 years, we were so successful in terms of public interest and projects, that I decided to retire from my successful 25-year career as a professional gardener, in favor of seeking income […] The post Tales of a grassroots activist, 2005-2022 appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

It’s now August 2022 and it’s been three years since I added any new information to my autobiography, which I published in July 2019. As the title suggests — The Money Question, the Democracy Answer — this version of my life story is told through my lifelong confusions and research around money, prices, income, and […] The post The Last Three Years (2019-22): A new chapter in my autobiography appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

In 2005, at the age of 54, I embarked on a new chapter in my life — organizing around food & farm policy. Within 1.5 years, we were so successful in terms of public interest and projects, that I decided to retire from my successful 25-year career as a professional gardener, in favor of seeking income […] The post Tales of a grassroots activist, 2005-2022: The power brokers — everyone a grifter, a prostitute, a hoarder? appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

This blog has been submitted to the Evanston RoundTable as a Letter to the Editor, following the withdrawal of the latest finalist for Evanston City Manager. But in the interests of getting it out sooner rather than later, I am posting it now. For some other comments by voters on the latest, see:— Article in […] The post Mission Drift in City Manager Search (Evanston, IL): 3 searches & counting appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

This newsletter is bookended by two quasi-personal items: (1) a continuing education course on “The 1960s” taught by my 1968 high school sociology teacher (and Evanston resident), and (2) a legacy list inspired by a journalist half my age who I hope, in turn, might be inspired by the truths I’ve stumbled across over the […] The post Evanston, IL POP-UP NEWSLETTER: Ranked Choice Voting, 988 hotline, Participatory Budgeting, more appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

I’m starting to wrap up my own life and legacy as a 71-year old grassroots activist, concerned citizen, and practical philosopher. Over the years, working on a wide variety of issues, especially in my cronehood, I’ve stumbled across a variety of missing links, gaps in our knowledge, obscure resources, and unknown activists. Taken all together, they’ve helped me […] The post Dear Annie Lowrey (and other practical journalists): FWIW, my Legacy List of Topics appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more

I’m starting to wrap up my own life and legacy as a 71-year old grassroots activist, concerned citizen, and practical philosopher. Over the years, working on a wide variety of issues, especially in my cronehood, I’ve stumbled across a variety of missing links, gaps in our knowledge, obscure resources, and unknown activists. Taken all together, they’ve helped me […] The post Dear Annie Lowery (and other practical journalists): FWIW, my Legacy List of Topics appeared first on Food + Farms + Democracy ..read more