What role should local governments play in the national crisis we're living through? How far outside their comfort zone is it reasonable to ask county and city politicians to go? I don't have answers. But we can start at least acknowledging the problem.

Sources

Brevard City Council Feb. 3 meeting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DivXuyb0rVI

Panama hotels imprison US deportees:
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5301668/panama-us-deportees-hotel

Blue Ridge Highway repairs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/02/18/blue-ridge-parkway-sections-still-closed-from-helene-what-to-know/78956829007/

WNC recovery at risk from Forest Service cuts
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/02/18/us-forest-service-staff-were-working-on-helene-recovery-before-firings/78638333007/

Pentagon cuts are next:
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5297896/elon-musk-doge-pentagon-dod