(1) In #StrongTowns Chapter 1, Charles Marohn lays out a bold thesis: when resources are abundant, we stop adapting.
It’s a dangerous mindset, and it explains a lot about how America builds #infrastructure without feedback or accountability.
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06/30🧵 - Let’s start with what it means to build a new road or infrastructure. Every new project is justified by the promise of more business and community. But government can’t build aimlessly. It has to be strategic. Every new road comes with long-term costs, and those costs have to be paid back.

Recently, I’ve been reading Strong Towns by Charles Marohn. Over the month of July, I’ll be sharing thoughts from the book, especially how its ideas relate to #Mississippi communities. Follow along as I explore how #urbanplanning and #publicinfrastructure affect the future of our towns.

After years of fighting, Mississippi education is fully funded with little fanfare

Column: Give Mississippi legislators credit. Without being cajoled, threatened or begged, they fully funded education during the recently completed special session.

Just left @sanders.senate.gov’s rally in Shreveport, LA of over 2,000 strong and fired up for the Southern progressive movement. This wasn’t just a rally, it was a turning point for the Southern Democratic revival. November’s coming.

Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Shreveport act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...