Drew,

One thing I would highly recommend is looking at ways to lower the ammount of water that goes into the sewer system.  Most development is done with no regard to that, and often crazy things are done such as connecting downspouts to the sewer system.  You can sometimes delay or even minimize the need for additional water treatment capacity just by being careful about how much you put in.

I recommended a more detailed post with link to your campaign site if you have one. Glad you posted here but it is a good chance to promote yourself and your work so think about that for next time. Duplicate posts also came up so maybe Tim or Danny can clean up the duplicate?

Howard Dean is first.

Drew said:

"My concern is that if we develop on this present source of drinking water, we risk threatening our future sources of drinking water for all of Central Arkansas. Little Rock, more than any other municipality is the greatest user of this source."

Yes, you better nip that in the bud now or you will be experiencing what we are here from our overdevelopment. Dry as a bone, global warming impacting us worse and now they are talking about having us drink toliet water. Conservation and controlling growth need to be the first priorities. Since they have been piping in CAP water people are having physical illnesses. Toxins 'purified' by toxins.

When they first tried this in 1992, I got really sick. Digestive and skin problems. I didn't realize it was from the water and thought it was suddenly an allergy to meat and became a vegetarian. Only later did I realized others were having problems and it was also ruining pipes. They stopped it for a little less than a decade then started it again and my area got to be one of the unlucky to get the CAP blend. Yuck! Tastes horrible too.

My skin and hair felt so nice in Austin and I actually didn't mind the taste of their tap water.

and other "downballot" races are so, so important for us to be running for.  First of all, since most of us don't have huge connections (except for our connection to DFA of course!) it is easier for us to win the smaller races.  But the smaller races turn into the bigger races, etc.

Don't forget, Barack Obama started in the state legislature .... if he hadn't won that first small race he would not be where he is right now.

If I were not so broke, I would contribute to you. City and county elections are so essential and where the real changes happen.

The lightrail system you want to bring in is what we need here and tried. The big industry shot us down then put up a horrible RTA plan, which when it started losing, hacked the election and stole it. That is what my election integrity work with AuditAZ and our lawsuit is focused on. People think stolen elections are all about partisanship-- one party stealing from another, but they are more about corporate power stealing to keep and expand that power.

I need to try and raise money if I am going to win this race. Also, if you agree with my positions, please send an email to political@democracyforamerica.com and ask them to invest early in my campaign. We have a chance to make a difference for the better here in Little Rock. I will invest my time, go door to door, build the coalitions, but we need to raise the funds too. Wow, I wish politics wasn't about raising money though. I miss the days I read about and learned about when it was about making speeches, debates, and the old-fashioned way of campaigning! Still we have to get elected to make the difference.