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Part 1: Singing hallelujah throughout the Monterey Peninsula (11/18/2016) STREAMING news almost obscured the world’s loss of two shining lights in the wake of the Nov. 8 presidential
hoopla.
If one term praises both exalted decedents (Jewish poet/singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, 82,on Nov. 10,
and black reporter/presidential-debate moderator Gwen Ifill, 61, on Nov. 13) it’s the word “Hallelujah.” (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING...)
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Part 2: Government 101: Grassroots City Council Democracy (11/25/2016) FALLING rain didn’t faze Supervisor Jane Parker’s appearance to a damp-but-undaunted throng at the post-election-protest in Monterey last Sunday: “It’s going to be a long four years, perhaps longer…” she said.
If the theme of Jane’s message to non-violent participants in the March for Equality spreads, much good
can bless the peninsula regardless of rough presidential transitioning in Washington, DC.
“Peace begins with a smile,” (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING...)
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Part 3: Helping solve homelessness the beneficent billionaire’s way (12/2/2016) FOLLOWING last week’s suggestion you consider running for mayor, the question arises: how much will the
job pay?
If you’re mayor of San Francisco or Los Angeles, expect a six-figure salary.
As mayor of one of the seven cities on the peninsula, prepare to tackle homelessness on a much-slimmer
stipend when you help provide shelter and services to neighbors described by President Barack Obama as “those
who have the very least.”
That’s where Monterey storyteller Phil Hawthorne’s sales metaphor shines: Sell the sizzle, not the steak. (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING...)
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Part 4: How to exercise your hometown rights to Freedom of Speech (12/9/2016) RULING autocratically seems to be the incoming administration’s style of forthcoming national governance.
If Republican elector Christopher Suprun’s influence goes viral, the Dallas paramedic may cause
traditional electoral-college dominoes to collapse. (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING...)
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Part 5: The Bard says it best: All the world’s a stage (12/16/2016) NAMING former “Robocop” Arnold Schwarzenegger incoming star of “Celebrity Apprentice,” as NBC did
earlier this week, should inspire you to run, not walk, to your next city council meeting. If you do, you’ll activate
grassroots democracy pronto.
Consider this fact: Schwarzenegger, 69, succeeds Trump, 70, who currently remains the reality show’s
executive producer and is poised to be inaugurated as President of the US.
One man served as 38th Governor of California, but is barred from being President because he was born
in Austria. (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING...)