John Weddleton

We do need a community conversation on housing.

We’ve all seen the fireworks, but behind the smoke, it’s not so bad and will be better. Let’s take a closer look.

Forrest is a fundamentally practical guy. His focus has not been on extremes but on solutions.

We don’t need the sound and the fury. We just need to get the work of running the city done and done well.

I want you to start thinking about this now. You need to get ready. Connect with your Community Council. Consider a municipal board or commission.

For 20-something years, I've had a comic strip on my office wall. The first panel shows a fellow holding up a framed painting for a well-coiffed critic who throws up his hands with joy, exclaiming, "ART!" In the next frame, he holds a leather-bound book. The critic sings, "LITERATURE!" In the last frame, he holds another creative work with words and pictures together -- a comic book. "Worthless TRASH!" the critic snorts.