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Celebrating Pride Month in Parks and Recreation — Episode 138

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

In fact, just last week, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. So far in 2023, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced and more than 75 signed into law as of the time of this recording – the worst year on record.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety.

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A Slice of the Trump Budget’s Shrunken Pie for the Needs of Low-Income People

Poverty & Policy

They’re mandatory because the laws that authorize them require the federal government to spend as much as necessary to cover the costs or its share of costs for the benefits of everyone eligible to receive and enrolled to get them. The stock available has been steadily shrinking due to lack of funds for repairs and renovations.

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 24th

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I finally finished reading The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks (" How did our national parks come to be? See for Yourself ," New York Times , " Tourists Heeding Utah's 'Mighty 5' Campaign Overpower Moab ," Wall Street Journal , " Utah Wanted All the Tourists. I haven't tracked it down yet.