Tuesday Recap

It was nice to meet y'all today. I am looking forward to a great semester. I hope you will find something within the issues that we began to discuss today that will spark your interest, and, even, perhaps, cause you to get more involved with your community than you'd ever thought you might.

Just a recap of the issues:

1. Taxation - business, payroll, vacancy, property
2. City/County Consolidation - school, government
   
3. Water Issues/The Environment
4. Debt/Bankruptcy/Credit
5. Health Care - availability, cost, state of citizenry
   
6. Poverty/Homelessness
7. School Assessment
8. Living Wage/Minimum Wage

A recap of the projects we will be undertaking:

1. A Book Review - your choice of book that relates to the issue you're tackling.
2. A Propaganda Analysis - a review and analysis of a web site, print ad, brochure, etc. of an organization that deals with the issue you're tackling.
3. A Report on Global Status - a review of the issue you're dealing with in its global context (how other cities or countries have dealt/are dealing with your issue).
4. An Interview of a key player in the local "issue scene."