Don Guisinger
@doctordonguis.bsky.social
Husband, father, founder of Strong Towns Oak Forest, and OF PZC member. I mostly talk about urbanism and fun things like that.
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Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...
How to Talk About Parking Reform—and Win | Sightline Institute
A road-tested parking messaging guide, to gain more great neighborhoods and the homes we need, and to kick costly empty asphalt to the curb.
www.sightline.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey! We've been working away on #parkingreform campaigns + also testing how best to **talk about parking reforms ** including qualitative + survey message testing! There's more to figure out in this space, but here's our preliminary recommendations + talking points! www.sightline.org/2025/05/28/h...
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Calling all #strongtowns members and smart urbanism advocates in the South Suburbs. We need you to come out to the Oak Forest City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 26. They'll be considering an ordinance to remove parking mandates, and I'm told it'll be a close vote. #showup #chicago #oakforest
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Calling all #strongtowns members and smart urbanism advocates in the South Suburbs. We need you to come out to the Oak Forest City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 26. They'll be considering an ordinance to remove parking mandates, and I'm told it'll be a close vote. #showup #chicago #oakforest
After a spirited discussion, Oak Forest Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-3 to remove parking mandates. City Council gets to decide the matter on August 26. #oakforest #strongtowns #urbanism #endparkongmandates
August 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
After a spirited discussion, Oak Forest Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-3 to remove parking mandates. City Council gets to decide the matter on August 26. #oakforest #strongtowns #urbanism #endparkongmandates
Strong Towns Oak Forest is getting to work! Step 1: removing parking mandates. We're holding a public hearing regarding the city's parking mandate on August 20. Details at www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter... Learn more about removing parking mandates @strongtowns.org #strongtowns
www.oak-forest.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Strong Towns Oak Forest is getting to work! Step 1: removing parking mandates. We're holding a public hearing regarding the city's parking mandate on August 20. Details at www.oak-forest.org/AgendaCenter... Learn more about removing parking mandates @strongtowns.org #strongtowns
How do you revive a small town? Ben and Erin Napier from #hgtv #hometown had a great conversation with @strongtowns.org to discuss exactly that! If you're interested in bringing life back to your town, this could help you get started.
We had the special opportunity to sit down with Erin and Ben Napier, co-hosts of the hit HGTV show Hometown Takeover, to talk about how to be a change-maker in your town. Check it out on our YouTube channel! buff.ly/F6zgwOY
May 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How do you revive a small town? Ben and Erin Napier from #hgtv #hometown had a great conversation with @strongtowns.org to discuss exactly that! If you're interested in bringing life back to your town, this could help you get started.
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Start where you stand.
The world feels like it's on fire. But rather than wait for someone else to fix things, *you* can fix them. Start local. Start today.
That's what Strong Towns Members do all the time. Join them in the movement: buff.ly/tY1Dadd
The world feels like it's on fire. But rather than wait for someone else to fix things, *you* can fix them. Start local. Start today.
That's what Strong Towns Members do all the time. Join them in the movement: buff.ly/tY1Dadd
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Start where you stand.
The world feels like it's on fire. But rather than wait for someone else to fix things, *you* can fix them. Start local. Start today.
That's what Strong Towns Members do all the time. Join them in the movement: buff.ly/tY1Dadd
The world feels like it's on fire. But rather than wait for someone else to fix things, *you* can fix them. Start local. Start today.
That's what Strong Towns Members do all the time. Join them in the movement: buff.ly/tY1Dadd
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At some point alot of people in the news decided that every American political event happens in a dimension absent of any question of morality and can only be spoken about in terms of who scored a “political touchdown” and not 150,000 additional children going hungry because that’s “fair”
1 of 3. When I tell you that America’s media isn’t grasping the seriousness of this moment in our quickly backsliding democracy, let me give you an example—Jake Sherman over at Punchbowl News is posting excitedly about Mike Johnson’s passing the budget resolution…
February 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
At some point alot of people in the news decided that every American political event happens in a dimension absent of any question of morality and can only be spoken about in terms of who scored a “political touchdown” and not 150,000 additional children going hungry because that’s “fair”
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We should be writing Project 2029—defining the society we want, clearly and publicly.
Let’s start today.
Let’s start today.
Announcing Project 2029
The Progressive Blueprint for a Fairer, Stronger Future.
www.thegodpodcast.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We should be writing Project 2029—defining the society we want, clearly and publicly.
Let’s start today.
Let’s start today.
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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If you’re feeling despair today, I understand.
But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that's been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.
I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. youtu.be/bepjl3orz1A?...
But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that's been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.
I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. youtu.be/bepjl3orz1A?...
HOPE in Spite of Trump | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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January 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you’re feeling despair today, I understand.
But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that's been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.
I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. youtu.be/bepjl3orz1A?...
But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that's been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy.
I’m hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. youtu.be/bepjl3orz1A?...
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#Trump #Musk #MAGA #Project2025 #Christianity #Nationalism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #ItsACult #Reaganomics #Kakistocracy #Plutocracy #Fascism
archive.is/8lE69
Everyone who was supposed to protect you from Trump failed miserably.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) article thread (15 min) with extra links 📖
archive.is/8lE69
Everyone who was supposed to protect you from Trump failed miserably.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) article thread (15 min) with extra links 📖
Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
#Trump #Musk #MAGA #Project2025 #Christianity #Nationalism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #ItsACult #Reaganomics #Kakistocracy #Plutocracy #Fascism
archive.is/8lE69
Everyone who was supposed to protect you from Trump failed miserably.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) article thread (15 min) with extra links 📖
archive.is/8lE69
Everyone who was supposed to protect you from Trump failed miserably.
⏬ Abridged (shortened) article thread (15 min) with extra links 📖