When I initiated Peculiar Work in February 2022, I predicted that my blog posts, “some lengthy, will appear on the “Blog Posts” page at irregular intervals.” I note that my last post, “Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail bill refiled in U.S. House,” was published on May 27, 2023, more than three months ago. My little…Continue readingHiatus: A note
Fifty-three years after the first Earth Day on April 20, 1970, just over 60 years since publication of Rachel Carson’s pathbreaking 1962 book Silent Spring, President Joe Biden on April 21, 2023 issued an “Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.” I lived through and came of age during the…Continue reading“Environmental Justice for All”: Every person is a part of nature, not apart from it
Perhaps it was just a coincidence. “Charges against councilor dismissed,” declared the front-page, top-right headline in the February 9, 2023 edition of the Sakonnet Times. At its meeting that same date, the Little Compton Town Council considered the following “Old Business” item: “Request from James O’Dell to continue discussion and process of updating the Control…Continue readingCharges dismissed: Not-so-amusing facts of life and politics in a small town (Part 1)
At the December 8, 2022 meeting of the Little Compton Town Council, Annette Mann Bourne and Bryce Kelley from HousingWorks RI, a non-profit organization affiliated with Roger Williams University, presented results of the town-wide survey of housing needs they had developed and conducted on behalf of the Little Compton Housing Trust (LCHT). The Housing…Continue readingA “Common Baseline”: Little Compton housing-needs survey is completed
NOTE: This post is the third in a three-part series titled “What is ‘Town Property’ in Little Compton? And who makes decisions about the ‘acquisition, … sale, mortgage, exchange, or lease’ of that property?” Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. These three posts may at times seem daunting, dense, and rambling. I post this…Continue readingWhat is “Town Property” in Little Compton? And who makes decisions about the “acquisition, … sale, mortgage, exchange, or lease” of that property? (Part 3)