[Scpg] Hey there is Still Time to Vote!

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

if you haven't voted yet, there is still time!

you can drop your ballots off today at: ( 7am-8pm)
    * City Hall, 735 Anacapa St
    * Calvary Baptist Church, Sizer Hall, 736 W. Islay Street, 93101
    * Franklin Neighborhood Center, Multipurpose Rm, 1136 E. Montecio 
St, 93103
    * Grace Lutheran Church, 3869 State Street, 93105

although lots of imperfections in our democracy we could focus on, 
sometimes you gotta take the opportunities where they exist and 
present themselves.   participatory democracy, means you have to participate!

we have 3 strong environmental candidates running for City Council, 
that most of us (and our organizations) have access to in a small 
city like Santa Barbara.  we could use a receptive ear when we come 
forward with our ideas...

so much can be accomplished at the city & local level that can 
trickle up.  cities across the country are tackling issues like 
climate change, food security issues, energy & transportation, not 
waiting for federal & state governments.  It's time to scale up, 
return Santa Barbara to the forefront and be a leader in 
sustainability, not rest on our laurels from past decades.  we need 
leaders in city government to do this, and we need to be their 
constituency, weigh in with our ideas...happily, this community is 
full of creative & smart people with lots of strategies & ideas.

Permaculture always talks about "invisible structures", the 
constructs that make up the world we live in, that we barely notice 
until they don't work.  city government, like anything else we look 
at from a design perspective, could use some design tweaks, meaning, 
don't take it for granted, look at how it functions, see where we can 
all  come in with positive solutions (small & large) to make the 
construct work better.




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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
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