“Traverse City is becoming Myrtle Beach meets Hilton Head — a place catering to a population outside the region,” Mr. Treter said. “Our work force can’t live here anymore.”...
Precisely why we must make more demonstrations of this, and find ways to codify protections that prevent such negative outcomes. It starts with spreading the word of this success to other potential towns that would benefit from a structure such as this. There are lots of small community land trusts whose basic principle is keeping the land affordable and ensuring it serves the community. There's also a strong movement to have community owned utilities be the norm. Lots of intersections there that we could learn from and that would bring the residents economic prosperity over time.
At a time, white supremacy tactics thrived in elected positions, from local to Fed. No longer are we going to allow this to continue.
Keep educating citizens on their rights to hold office, in school boards, state positions, and the presidency, and this kind of shit will finally die like it should have ages ago.
I’d like to point out that according to what’s reported, they’re trying to frame it as a “mental health” episode, where it appears it is not. The Airman was sending a clear message of support for Palestine, and I imagine, demonstrating a complete disgust with Israel and his leadership in continuing to fuel a genocide.
I sincerely doubt US officials or the military cares, and they’re going to double down on the individual’s “mental health” as being the culprit and source of problems rather than the infinite harms this genocide has on Palestine and those around the world with sight and soul.
Priced Out of Housing, Communities Take Development Into Their Own Hands ( archive.ph )
“Traverse City is becoming Myrtle Beach meets Hilton Head — a place catering to a population outside the region,” Mr. Treter said. “Our work force can’t live here anymore.”...
Charges dropped against all 57 people arrested in UT protest ( www.statesman.com )
Alabama town that hasn’t held elections in decades sued to allow voting ( www.theguardian.com )
An update to this post beehaw.org/post/6717143
Letitia James live tweets daily interest charges on Trump’s $464m fraud ruling ( www.independent.co.uk )
U.S. Serviceman Dies After Setting Self on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy to Protest War in Gaza ( time.com )
Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people...