New Years Resolution for Your Neighborhood?
// February 1st, 2010 // 2 Comments » // To Ponder
Heading into a new year, I am curious how many of you took a moment to reflect where your neighborhood is at and where you want it to go. I was talking to a good friend of mine on Twitter about this. We are quick to forget that in order for the concept of our Republic, as set forth by our founders (and more specifically the winning faction, the Federalists) to work, we must be as focused on our responsibilities as we are our rights. In order to preserve our rights, we must also acknowledge our civic responsibilities and of course attempt to fulfill them. If we don’t we will most assuredly create a vacuum. The easiest way to help reduce the size and scope of government, is to see to it that the needs of your city are met by you and others before the city makes an effort to meet them. Patrick Henry warned us about leaving things alone…
This, Sir, is my great objection to the Constitution, that there is no true responsibility – and that the preservation of our liberty depends on the single chance of men being virtuous enough to make laws to punish themselves.
So, what civic goals do you have for your community?
