“From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems.” FacesModelsLaborPoliceSafetyLocalsAppropriateWipeAntidoteHurdleFood SafetyLocal FoodHurdling Obstacles Author:Joel Salatin
“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.” PeopleShouldWarStatesGovernmentLawOrderResultsCommonBecomingPoliticianDrugShould HavePoliceSafetyResponseLocalsAgencyPrivacyAmendmentsFourthUnlimitedLaw EnforcementRuinedEnforcementJustifiedViolationAssertionBecoming MoreWar On DrugsNarcoticsUnlimited PowerRight To PrivacyFourth AmendmentInformants Author:James Bovard
“As the world's "most dynamic" cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions.” WorldStatesEnergyGrowthCitiesShareDesignBuildingOffersProjectsSmartSolutionsSafetyCleanEnvironmentalLocalsManageCodeOfficialsEfficientUrbanInnovativeTransportationMayorsClean EnergyGridsUrban Design Author:Robert Hormats
“Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations.” WorldCountryWatchesTroubleSacrificeMankindDutySafetySacredLocalsBelovedMotiveConsiderationHonorablePosterityAgitateBeloved Country Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“Water is our most precious and interconnected natural resource. It sustains all ecosystems, communities, and economies from local watersheds to the seas. It's vital to sustaining our health, safety, and the environments in which we live and work. Simply put, water is life.” WaterCommunityNaturalEconomyEnvironmentSeaResourcesSafetyLocalsNatural ResourcesEcosystemsSustainingInterconnectedWater Is LifeWatersheds Author:Alexandra Cousteau
“Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live. Not only do these “ lone rangers” miss out on the blessings of functioning within the context of the body of Christ, but like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, they are vulnerable to predators of every sort.” WayReasonBodyCareChristChurchDangerousMissingBlessingSafetyLocalsVulnerableSheepFlocksWay To LiveShepherdsPredatorLoneDisconnectedRangersBody Of ChristLocal ChurchLone Ranger Book:Holiness: The Heart God Purifies Source: Holiness: The Heart God Purifies
“Each year, millions of animals are euthanized at local shelters because of overpopulation. Almost half of the animals brought into these shelters are euthanized because suitable homes can't be found for them. Animal rescue, a cause close to my heart, can lead to the safety of millions of these lost souls.” YearsHeartSoulHomeFoundLostCausesAnimalHalfMillionsMy HeartSafetyLocalsRescueShelterSuitableLost SoulsOverpopulationAnimal RescueClose To My Heart Author:Jud Tylor
“Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.” MenJobsCan DoCommunitySecurityEssentialsTrainingMen And WomenSafetyLocalsEquipmentFirefighterSafety And SecurityLocal Community Author:Carl Levin
“In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.” StatesHomeCrimeDrugImportancePoliceSafetyLocalsGrantsImprovingReducingMinnesotaPublic SafetyHome State Author:Jim Ramstad
“If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared. (pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")” IfsWantHumansRealEarthLife IsTurnsWaterCommunityAnimalEconomyAirSecurityCreaturesRacismSafetyPlantProsperityNeighborLocalsOppressionWorldlySincerelyHomelandGoodwillOur CommunityGood HealthPlants And Animals Book:The Hidden Wound Source: The Hidden Wound
“States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.” PeopleImportantStatesCommunityEconomicDevelopmentSafetyLocalsInfrastructureTransportationEconomic DevelopmentBack To WorkLocal CommunityTransportation Infrastructure Author:Corrine Brown
“These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.” ShouldChildrenStatesGovernmentCollegeProgramIndependentSafetyLocalsManageWorkplaceLocal GovernmentWorkplace SafetyIndependent Living Author:Charles Bass
“Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.” CountryMatterStatesCareSchoolInterestEconomyEffectsSafetyImmigrationLocalsHealth CareBordersIllegalMexicoDeliveryIllegal ImmigrationPublic Safety Author:Roger Wicker
“As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.” PeopleMenGovernmentHappensActionYoungGirlVoiceLeaderRaisesSafetyActiveLocalsLocal Government Author:Michelle Bachelet
“The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued reams of playground regulations and actually gone so far as to recommend against "tripping hazards, like tree stumps and rocks." Maybe we should just bulldoze the local parks and put in a couple of blobs... made of plastic.” ShouldMadeNatureGoneTreeRocksProductsCoupleSafetyLocalsConsumersParksRegulationPlasticHazardsPlaygroundsStumpsTripping Author:Lenore Skenazy