over crowding?
While in Southhold, New York (at the eastern end of Long Island), I learned that to curb over crowding” in this rather well-to-do area, zoning now only allows for one single family dwelling on an acre of land. I … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2010
public enemy #1
We headed through part of New York City and over the George Washington Bridge the other night late. Quite a view! Then it was on to Long Island. We stopped in East North Port where I passed … Continue reading →
…the man with a tool belt, and ‘kids like shadows’
In East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, we talked with a retired elementary teacher who had worked in the Bronx, New York. He said what we’re seeing in America is a domino effect. That is, as the discipline breaks down in … Continue reading →
Anyone remember that concept?
The Keystone State Tour 2 rolled on… At a Flying J Truck Stop in Lamar, Pennsylvania, I passed out campaign cards to some rock band ‘roadies’ just getting out of their tour bus. (Speaking of music, check out … Continue reading →
stepping up more, and a Bison
Keystone State Tour 2 cont… We stopped in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, where I walked around the downtown passing out campaign flyers. I ended up in a conversation with Mike Barber who said that, while he’d been an … Continue reading →
Anyone remember Ozzie and Harriet?
Keystone State 2 Tour cont… In Grove City, we got together with the Whitaker family. Parents Dan and Kathy take a refreshingly hands on approach to parenting. The family regularly prays together, they home school and they … Continue reading →
…I should have thought of that.
Keystone State Tour Part 2… We traveled east on Rte. 80, stopping in Grove City, Pennsylvania. On Monday morning, we did laundry at a local laundromat, put up a flier on the bulletin board there and passed out … Continue reading →
Life Chain
In Warren, Ohio, yesterday, we went to the streets to stand in solidarity with a group of people who formed a part of the nationwide Life Chain abortion protest. (Earlier in the day, I had given a pro-life talk … Continue reading →
town “brain trust”
Last night as we were leaving Mosquito Lake Park, a man approached and complimented us on our new (yet tremendously “vintage”) 1978 Dodge Beaver Motor Home. (We got it in Colorado several months ago and it only had 79,000 … Continue reading →
Social Security
I talked with a man who was a member of Warren, Ohio’s City Council for 18 years and was on Warren’s Budget Committee for eight years. (He requested anonymity because he doesn’t like his name on the internet.) … Continue reading →