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PROPOSITIONS — Money, Media, and Meaning — and SOLUTIONS

This blog is in two sections, first, a look at why state propositions were approved or not, and then a look forward toward solutions we actually can implement starting in 2021. My November blog email “Why landslide for Democratic PRESIDENT, and majority for Republican PROPOSITIONS?” received 60-some thought-provoking responses. People agreed that many voters were […]

Why landslide for Democratic PRESIDENT, and majority for Republican PROPOSITIONS?

Why do you think California voted overwhelmingly — by a margin of 30 points — for the Democratic PRESIDENTIAL candidate Joe Biden over Republican Donald Trump, at the same time that California voted more in line with Republican endorsements than with Democratic endorsements on state PROPOSITIONS? In other words, at the same time that the […]

Green Voter Guide – YES on 15 – Stop Trump reactions!

BALLOTS AND VOTER GUIDES Mail-in ballots will be arriving soon. For everyone in California they’ll be sent the week of October 6. The highly regarded Green Voter Guide published by the Green Party of Alameda includes endorsements for the California state propositions. The “voter card” summary and a PDF of the entire publication are found […]

There Are Solutions

There Are Solutions — in the time of COVID and protests!

There Are Solutions is my favorite political slogan, and in this year of crisis 2020 there are many solutions in the air. One of my favorite political quotes is by Thoreau, “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations […]

The power of Public Banks and the lies of Prop 13!

The year 2020 has been a challenging year! We have in front of us, however, two great opportunities. Please forward this message to your contacts, you never know who needs to hear this message of hope. 1) PUBLIC BANKING has a lot of momentum right now. It’s a root solution that helps all other solutions […]

Earth Day 50th Anniversary – and Invitation!

Earth Day’s 50th anniversary is April 22, 2020. There are many individual changes we can make to celebrate Earth Day, but we know that in addition to individual efforts, institutional changes are necessary. Right now, even during this time of COVID-19, we can make a strong institutional statement about the urgent need to protect the […]