[CRNMC] combining public bank and home rule charter

[Lanny Cotler]

SO! This is great. The "other things" Charles mentions could become the initial basis of strategic planning; i.e., each of the four items could be the focus of a working committee. Each could meet a couple of time and then one or more members of each comm. could attend a coordinating gathering to share and cross-pollinate.

What would be a good way to apprise interested people in these committees and see who gravitates to which committee?

LC


On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Charles Cresson Wood <ccwood at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> I am in agreement with Lanny. I believe the home rule charter effort should probably come before the public bank effort. The home rule charter can enable many other things besides a public bank. These include: (1) establishing our own educational system that operates according to alternative principles such as home schooling, (2) setting-up community-owned local utilities, perhaps with sustainable energy technology, (3) establishing a new election process, that better reflects the will of the people, and (4) issuing additional rules about environmentally friendly land use. I think a public bank is a great idea and I support it, but I believe the home rule charter effort should come first, or at least be pursued simultaneously. We need not tie them together -- they could be independent initiatives.
> /s/ Charles
> 
> To get a general sense for some of what's possible with home rule charters:
> http://www.lmnc.org/handbook/chapter04.pdf
> 
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