The governing process always involves making difficult choices between competing needs, not all of which can be satisfied. Our city council has decided that their top priorities are social and environmental issues, even when they are the mandate of other governments and even when it compromises their ability to provide core services like policing, fire protection and public transportation. These services are important to all citizens, but particularly the socially and economically vulnerable. Read More
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We’re hardwired for negativity. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed to it.
Over the past week or so, the US economy took a major hit, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was no longer in the business of caring about the environment, and the only thing the internet can talk about is Sydney Sweeney. But here’s the thing: Even amid the constant deluge of news that […]

