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8 Feb City Council meeting . . and a poem

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State legislators came to listen to us on the 22nd and then we had a city council meeting on the 25th - - here are my observations and thoughts.

Listen in on our conversation about the 11 Jan 24 Huntsville City Council meeting ... especially talk about the Sustainability Commission, commission structure and function generally, and council procedures. Don't worry! It's not as boring as it sounds!

Enjoy this talk with an experienced local activist and her time working on a city commission and other organizations and what we think needs to change. Thanks for listening.

Rollicking good and far-ranging conversation INCLUDING live music. A great great start to the new season of HSV Progressive Podcast. Thank you for listening.

I laugh my way through some notes about the last meetings of the year! Happy New Year! See you on the flip side.

Tatum, B. D. (1997).  "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?"  Basic Books/Hachette Book Group.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGZniOuoREU Patin, B. and Sebastian, M. (2021) Ep-i-what? Using the Force to Understand Epistemicide. Information Matters.  https://informationmatters.org/2021/11/ep-i-what-using-the-force-to-understand-epistemicide/ Bates, M.J. (2006),...

Madison Talking Points for Huntsville Progressive Madison Civic Search I Vote Madison recently released Madison Civic Search. We’ve recorded every city council meeting since Jan. of 2021 along with many Board of Education meetings, planning, zoning, Madison Police Citizen Advisory meetings and more. Users can go there and type in topics they’re interested in and see if they’ve come up in any of th...

Just me and my musing about what's going on . . . in the slow season. Still: a couple interesting kerfuffles.

Routes : https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/residents/streets/public-transportation/huntsvilletransit/ From City of Huntsville: We need your input on proposed changes to four Orbit shuttle routes. 🚌 Join us for two public meetings at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, or Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Transfer Station Platform, 500B Church St., Huntsville! You'll be able to see maps and provide comments to Tr...

Informative links courtesy Jamie! Thank you! The Spring City Cycling Club (SCCC) was founded in 1892! https://www.springcity.org/ There’s even a women’s division called the Rocket City Cycle Belles (RCCB). https://www.facebook.com/groups/RocketCityCycleBelles/ In 2008, citizen advocates convince the newly elected mayor Battle to form the Bicycle Advisory and Safety Committee (BASC) https://www.fac...

I talk about this city council meeting along with a lot of other things coming flying at my mind from the directions it pays attention to. https://www.facebook.com/groups/658692687565347 (Using a new production software program for this episode, please forgive any goof-ups. I will get better. Thanks to Lolas out of BHM for permission to use their music!)

I blab foolishly about the goings-on at city hall (and county courthouse) as I see them for . . . 26 Oct 2 Nov (city councils) and 8 Nov (County Commission)

Sat down for a conversation with Councilman Keith about the new Affordable Housing "czar" -- paid city position! -- and all things housing +.

Remus and I have a conversation about Huntsville (and Decatur) government and policing. I hope you'll listen in and enjoy.

We jaw a lot about things like music festivals, public housing, cell phone driving laws, and more!

Molly also recommends "Reclaiming Body Trust" by Kinavey & Sturtevant and "Health at Every Size" by Linda Bacon.

I guest on Housing for Huntsvillians podcast. Hope you enjoy the ensuing conversation! https://housingforhuntsvillians.com/

Just want to drop a couple links here . . . tvlr.fm for the Valley Labor Report - - subscribe! and . . . alarise.org for Alabama Arise - - think about joining! Stay safe!

The last week of Sept was busy! The mayor gave his "state of the city" address; Madison County Commission got their budget voted in; City of Huntsville had some birth pangs working on their budget, too. Amy and I TALK A LOT about what went down - - I hope you can hang in there with us - - good luck, intrepid listeners! for upcoming stuff: HSV calendar Mayor's state of city: https://w...

Some links! Enjoy! gravitational lensing -- https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/triple-lens-supernova-jwst/ what happened to the indigenous people in New Mexico, etc. - - https://www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxions/the-truth-about-what-happened-here-new-mexico-and-the-manhattan-project and her book! - - https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/nuclear-nuevo-mexico

I go on and on about the Madison County Commission meeting of the 13th of Sept and the Huntsville City Council meeting of the 14th. Some exasperation, some laughs, some cat noises.

Joined by Amy and Justin for this episode to talk for a bit about the Green Party values and the Annual National Meeting and some of what is up with the national Green Party of the USA. Here is the agenda for the whole meeting with links to the individual talks -- https://www.gp.org/2023_agenda *** Local Greens meeting on Friday the 15th at 5pm in UAH's student union on Holmes Ave *** it's...