There's a new game in town--indoctrination while you eat. It's called the 'Community Engagement Program,' and is an operation from the Neighborhood Summit/LIEE/Jim Diers people here in Santa Rosa. You get invited by your city to have a little community dinner and you enter the Twilight Zone. They call it 'DINE.' Eleven 'volunteer' hosts, 14 'volunteer' facilitators, and 82 'volunteer' participants. That's 1 facilitator for every 6 people. The purpose of these dinners was to have the 'same conversations happening at the same time on the same night all over the city.' These were Delphi meetings.
The main coordinator, Georgia Pedgrift, is a city employee--her title is Community Engagement Coordinator. She makes $67,000 a year. Here's an article about her position. She was formerly with the Police Department Graffiti unit but now is 'fostering new neighborhood relationships, and generating ideas for increased involvement.' These quotes are from a power point put out by Ms. Pedgrift. The logo for this program is a huge peacock feather--an EYE.
The real purpose of these meetings is to find people who are willing to start and manage neighborhood associations and be conduits for city propaganda. Another element is to find out who is in the neighborhood and sound them out for social viewpoints and attitudes: Know Your Neighbor.
These meetings have a warm and fuzzy face but the questions asked of participants and their answers are not published on the city's website. Keeping residents docile and willing to go along to get along is a fundamental part of this plan. Volunteerism for the 'community good' is the goal. Who gets your labor and time for free? The Agenda 21/Sustainable Development non-governmental organizations--the non-profits marching in lock-step, right here in Santa Rosa. Like the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy? Like Sonoma County Conservation Action? Just wondering...
The main coordinator, Georgia Pedgrift, is a city employee--her title is Community Engagement Coordinator. She makes $67,000 a year. Here's an article about her position. She was formerly with the Police Department Graffiti unit but now is 'fostering new neighborhood relationships, and generating ideas for increased involvement.' These quotes are from a power point put out by Ms. Pedgrift. The logo for this program is a huge peacock feather--an EYE.
The real purpose of these meetings is to find people who are willing to start and manage neighborhood associations and be conduits for city propaganda. Another element is to find out who is in the neighborhood and sound them out for social viewpoints and attitudes: Know Your Neighbor.
These meetings have a warm and fuzzy face but the questions asked of participants and their answers are not published on the city's website. Keeping residents docile and willing to go along to get along is a fundamental part of this plan. Volunteerism for the 'community good' is the goal. Who gets your labor and time for free? The Agenda 21/Sustainable Development non-governmental organizations--the non-profits marching in lock-step, right here in Santa Rosa. Like the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy? Like Sonoma County Conservation Action? Just wondering...
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