STRONG Salem is for everyone who wants to help and participate in getting Salem, Oregon, to quit chasing Growth Ponzi Scheme plans and instead become a resilient, fiscally responsible place that lives by the wisdom that "Communities exist for the health and enjoyment of those who live in them, not for the convenience of those who drive through them, fly over them, or exploit their real estate for profit."
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Celebrate KMUZ's arrival with fine music and food fundraiser today
Hello Friends:
As many of you know, a number of hard-working people have been working to bring community radio to the mid-Valley. We did it!
We are broadcasting over 88.5 FM right now (Friday) for the next 7 days. Please tune in on your car radio, as well as at home and let us know if and how well you are getting our signal. You can respond to me at this address or make a comment on our FaceBook page.
If you want to celebrate this victory w/us this Sunday, Marc Nassar of Salem House Concerts is having a KMUZ fund raiser in his back yard. 4 pm for some of the best food you've ever eaten and 5:30-ish for music. Local acts are Bill Hughes w/Karen Dumont and Nathan Olson. Headliner is Brian Cutean, trippy troubador guitar wonder. $25 for dinner and show / $20 for show only. Come anytime to 468 21st St. NE. For more information, contact Marc at: blueman@teleport.com. You can learn more at: www.kmuz.org
Communities exist for the health and enjoyment of those who live in them, not for the convenience of those who drive through them, fly over them, or exploit their real estate for profit.-- Ted Roszak, "Where the Wasteland Ends"
"Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us." (Henrik Tikkanen)
"Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends." (Lewis Mumford) Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay
If you are thinking a year ahead, plant seeds. If you are thinking 10 years ahead, plant a tree. If you are thinking 100 years ahead, educate the people. Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it’s my responsibility to make it better. (Gov. Tom McCall)
Jan 19, 2008: LOVESalem reaches the web, bringing a vitally needed message to Oregon's capital city: We must Oregon-ize to put the needs of people before the needs of cars. This requires that we live our environmental values -- that we LOVE (Live Our Values Environmentally) Salem -- by working to stop the Sprawl Machine.
The Sprawl Machine is a ravenous beast that feeds on green space, close-in neighborhoods, and property taxes and that excretes monstrous, ugly road projects that pollute the air, increase mortality and morbidity, promote climate change, weaken families and neighborhoods, and help weaken the social fabric and civic participation.
The Sprawl Machine works by constantly luring its prey with promises that the problems created by cars can be addressed by doing more of the same -- building more lanes, more bridges, consuming ever more money. In other words, the Sprawl Machine promises that we can keep doing the same thing over and over, while expecting a different result this time.
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