It is three minutes to midnight on complete, irreversible change to what it means to be human and free. The time has once again come to ask yourselves if you really want to be free, or if you just like how the word ‘freedom’ rolls off the tongue with the self-righteousness and emotional dissipation of a four-lettered word.
The time has come to prepare for municipal elections, and for these elections to hold their needed weight, we, the people, need to reorganize.
First, get input from the people in your community; determine local agendas locally. Bottom to top, in to out, local to general.
Second, “leaders” need to be questioned by the people, not only the foxes guarding the hen house.
Third, those we choose to represent us, our leaders, must be available mentally and emotionally, as well as physically.
Fourth, there needs to be an allowance for theoretical thinking outside the box, because hammering a screw isn’t working.
Fifth, localities should employ different approaches that work in their communities rather than finding the new cookie-cutter pattern.
Sixth, local communities should be educating local citizens on the institutions and avenues that exist and how to use them properly. For example, how to petition a warrant article.
Seventh, there needs to be local concerned citizen leadership groups that are outside the party structures and outside government office who can make themselves available to educate and empower fellow citizens regardless of their partisan interests.
These seven points will again encourage local citizens to know their local political power and feel less inclined to believe that transnational corporations, alien ideologies, and distant government agencies know what is best for them. We will return to our founding ideology of individual rights, local sovereignty, and continued unity and independence through municipal elections.
