I think that IRV is the single best step we could take toward real democracy
in town.
Our current political discussion is bankrupt, and shows the bankruptcy of
the DFL as the dominant political expression of our local culture.
The political discussion needs to focus on the fact that our urban
infrastructure and lifestyle are founded on the premise that we will have an
infinite, uninterruptible, and cheap supply of energy flowing in to us from
all around the world. Our culture is so deeply rooted in this assumption
that we do not see it at all.
While our local DFL and their state Republican partners discuss how to force
a new regressive tax to build infrastructure which will make our debt and
energy and transportation problems worse, we ought to be discussing how to
raise progressive taxes to build infrastructure to pay off debt, become our
own best energy source, and create a sustainable transportation paradigm.
Again -- Farheen Hakeem and don Johnson are the only two candidates really
addressing reality-based politics in this election. The DFL continues to
slide over the tough issue and focus on froth.
Katrina may very well shut down a third of the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
production for months. We can no longer settle for fantasy-based politics
in Minneapolis. Check out the articles from the last few days at Energy
Bulletin online. How can we make the changes we need, quickly and
carefully?
-- pedaling for peace and ecojustice, praying for us all as Katrina reminds
us that we live in relationship to a planet we have taken for granted --
from Lynnhurst for now -- Gary Hoover
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