While not entirely baffled that it's 'polotics as sorta usual'.-60k for city mayor? is Gonzales gunning for govenor? I sort of feel that of the people running...i'm not all that thrilled. I haven't seen anything about city bolstering stuffs. Unless i've missed something they have haven't talked at all about improved education, some mesures to mitigate a declining climate etc etc.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Arlo Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > The rationale Dimas gave (in a Generation Next interview) is that he > thinks the public fora Bushe`e and Gonzales have been debating in (the > usual places, that is) are frequented predominantly by insiders, and not > the public at large. Apparently, he thinks the best way to contact the > "actual" public, then, is to flood the city with the physical equivalent of > spam - polycarbonate campaign signs. I cannot vote for mayor because I live > outside city limits (if you actually look at the boundaries, especially on > the south side, they can be pretty ragged), but I would love to see an art > campaign for defacing his (and others') posters - even his supporters could > join in with favorable modifications. > > It seems like the main reason behind the (more extensive than one might > think?) feeling of 'no good choice' is that the main venues of discussion > have focussed on politics (like funding) rather than issues and > ideological/action history. Gonzales (Chrome suggested Gonzalez, is that > spelling more common internationally?) may be backed by big money, but more > important are the questions of *whose* big money, and *if* that will > affect his actions as possible mayor, and *in which way*. > > -Arlo James Barnes > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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