by Rockne Cole | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
I have been relatively pleased with this fall’s city council election. The candidates have been focused on the issues, and at least publicly, negativity has been relatively modest. I don’t care if that is how politics is done at the state and federal...
by Rockne Cole | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog
On a seemingly boring, but actually very interesting topic… traffic lane widths. Tonight, we did not have too many dramatic topics, but we had an interesting discussion during our work session on lane widths in residential neighborhoods, and arterial streets....
by Rockne Cole | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
On saving regenerative agriculture in Johnson County… On Thursday, September 14, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors will be considering Grant Schultz’ application to rezone Versaland from Agriculture to Agricultural Residential. Hearing begins at 5:30...
by Rockne Cole | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Commentary
Last summer, I read “The Permaculture City” by Toby Hemenway. “Permaculture” is a system of food systems design which uses Earth’s natural systems as its model. Hemenway’s magnum opus was “Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to...
by Rockne Cole | Jan 16, 2017 | Commentary
With MLK… it is always hard to know where to start. Very few in history have ever so effectively combined ideas, action, eloquence, courage, and passion for justice for all as he did. The only modern figures that I know that come close are Gandhi, and Mandela....
