[MissoulaGov] Council goals: On sustainability

[John Torma]

An excellent article.  Thanks for sharing it, Jed.

John Torma




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From: Jed Taylor <mcc at offthedial.com>
To: missoulagov at cmslists.com
Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 11:09:09 PM
Subject: [MissoulaGov] Council goals: On sustainability


“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
- Edward Abbey
 
 
I think the single best response to the request for ideas and commentary on goals for our city council was John Wolverton’s message that places sustainability at the heart of whatever strategy guides specific choices.
 
 
And this article from the NYT offers yet another reminder of the lessons every government leader should be learning from our nation’s current crisis:
 
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/slumburbia/
 
 
It ends with this nugget of wisdom: “Come see: this is what happens when money and market, alone, guide the way we live.”


      
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