What is your view on term limits in the suburbs? I have worked for Grove City for almost 30 years now, and we have only had 2 mayor's in that time.. Ike Stage was mayor in 1993 when I was hired, Cheryl Grossman became mayor in '96 until 2008. And Stage has been mayor again since '08. The way this town has grown in the time I have worked here is tremendous, to the point that new leadership is needed.
I am against term limits. They sound like a good idea but they only strip institutional knowledge and expands power to lobbyists. The Statehouse is a good example of why I'm against them.
What are your thoughts about how to build a critical mass of power locally - not to take everything over but to be a legitimate influence and also to ensure we can care for each other and be in solidarity outside of various oppressive systems? I'm peripherally involved in DSA, have been an elected area commissioner, I'm involved in various advocacy efforts, and was in the streets (and arrested) throughout the 2020 BLM protests - but I'm not convinced any of these efforts are actually strategically building a material base of power.
Man, I'm not sure. Columbus has a big problem with institutional knowledge. Like, the people who live here are not from here. And organizing knowledge doesn't seem to pass through the generations, so reading any local history feels like Groundhog day all over again.
That's all before taking in account groups like NLC, which as far as I can tell is a way for the city to ingratiate young organizers to them and defang their ability to agitate in the first place.
Wish I had a more optimistic answer for you. I am 90% sure I'm leaving Columbus in the summer for all these reasons.
What is your view on term limits in the suburbs? I have worked for Grove City for almost 30 years now, and we have only had 2 mayor's in that time.. Ike Stage was mayor in 1993 when I was hired, Cheryl Grossman became mayor in '96 until 2008. And Stage has been mayor again since '08. The way this town has grown in the time I have worked here is tremendous, to the point that new leadership is needed.
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I am against term limits. They sound like a good idea but they only strip institutional knowledge and expands power to lobbyists. The Statehouse is a good example of why I'm against them.
What are your thoughts about how to build a critical mass of power locally - not to take everything over but to be a legitimate influence and also to ensure we can care for each other and be in solidarity outside of various oppressive systems? I'm peripherally involved in DSA, have been an elected area commissioner, I'm involved in various advocacy efforts, and was in the streets (and arrested) throughout the 2020 BLM protests - but I'm not convinced any of these efforts are actually strategically building a material base of power.
Man, I'm not sure. Columbus has a big problem with institutional knowledge. Like, the people who live here are not from here. And organizing knowledge doesn't seem to pass through the generations, so reading any local history feels like Groundhog day all over again.
That's all before taking in account groups like NLC, which as far as I can tell is a way for the city to ingratiate young organizers to them and defang their ability to agitate in the first place.
Wish I had a more optimistic answer for you. I am 90% sure I'm leaving Columbus in the summer for all these reasons.
What is Substack’s character limit??