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Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?

Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize

Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:

My husband and I go to the UK (England/Scotland) every year for the last 6 years. They have a lot of wind mills, its a beautiful sight. My husband has an idea he is working on that would help a lot.

What excites you about this campaign?

People coming together to change our dependence on foreign oil and oil in general

What do you want to do to help?

not sure. But would like to know how to contact Mr. Pickens to tell him about my husband's idea, we help putting it together and the finances too.

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At 5:19pm on September 11, 2008, James Thomas Shell said…: Bobbi,

I hope that you will participate at The Hickory Hound Blog. We just started this thing 2 weeks ago and we are going to try and change the way things are done around here.

Don't be afraid to fully participate in the forum over there, because it is my intention to bring the local government issues to you. We want our local government to be user friendly and understandable-- and that's not just talk.

We want more citizen participation in government. The majority of our local citizens are overwhelmed by life. In our current economic predicament, they have a hard enough time making ends meet and attending to the needs of their families, much less participating in the intricacies of our local government.

People like you are the people that make this country great and you deserve a say in our local governmental affairs.
My site is about showing respect to working people and giving them the dignity of allowing them to voice their concerns. We aim to be their representatives..

At 10:59pm on September 10, 2008, James Thomas Shell said…: Hello fellow Hickoryite,

I understand that you are probably thoroughly frustrated with our country’s current policies on energy. That is why we are here at PickensPlan.

I represent a blog about local issues. It is called the Hickory Hound (http://thehickoryhound.blogspot.com/). I have grown tired of the lack of direction here in our local area. Our economy has been stagnant for eight years. We are continuously told that things are on the upswing and that this is going to be our year. We have been told that to the point where it has become meaningless. I never hear many (if any) solutions from our city or county governmental leaders

I don’t know if you’ve checked it out, but none of our local leaders have joined this plan. That’s fine, but the problem I have is that they won’t show leadership on anything. These people have become way to comfortable and they don’t understand how the average citizen lives. Our local officials need to take a chance and lead. We need to be innovative. Why can’t our local leaders get out front on this issue?

The fruit of this energy crisis is ripe for the picking. Our local government needs to take a chance and lead. Why can’t we get in on the ground floor of the energy revolution? I think we should push for alternative energy and future transportation companies to locate here.

If you agree with where I’m coming from and believe that there needs to be some checks and balances on our community’s direction, then please join me at http://thehickoryhound.blogspot.com/.

Our objective is to get our community more involved and put power back into the citizen’s hands. We need to wake our local leaders up. We need to shake up the good ole boy network that has basically allowed this town to stagnate. We want our local government to become more responsive and user friendly, so that we can get more participation in the process. That is what representative Democracy is all about.

Together We Can Do This,
James Thomas Shell