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A Threat to Liberty and Democracy When Suburban Rules Oppress Rural Culture

We live in the a new world order. It sneaked up upon us, cloaked in politically correct copacetic phrases such as, "for the public benefit", "essential government function", and "quality jobs" The  holders of the purse strings pick winners and losers. Capital makes the material world go round, but, man does not live by bread alone. Mankind has a spiritual core which seeks a meaning to life, beyond the mere satisfaction of his material needs, wants and desires. In my local community, a recent article in the Boothbay Register,  Business incubator a fresh idea for JEDC  reports that Roger Ferrell, a church pastor, with a background in developing a non-profit economic development organization called bGEN in South Carolina, spoke with the JECD (joint economic development council). The Minutes for the Boothbay Harbor Selectmen's meeting, January 14, 2019 tells a slightly different story as it reports that bGen is not just Mr Ferrell's backgro
Prototype design- Carved Vase by Weston Neil Andersen This weekend, on Saturday , April 7th, Andersen Design will be featured in the First Vintage Show at the Wiscasset Community Center 242 Gardiner Rd Wiscasset, Maine 04578 Phone(207) 882-8230Website http://www.wiscassetrec.com/ A sampling of cobbles- small inexpensive but individualistic ceramic art The entry road to the Center runs next to the sports field to the Wiscasset High School. Traveling on the road headed to Augusta from Wiscasset, t he entry road is before on epasses the sports field. There is a red & white sign announcing the show. The show includes work made by local artisans . We fit into both the vintage and local artisans category and will be displaying both. An early 1950's Andersen Chowder Bowl, signed in the hand written Andersen signature For the last several months, I have been photographing our vintage work and publishing it in an Air Table data base. The data base is not y