Political parties and therefore Federal, State, and local governments don’t work together. They work in opposition for reasons that go beyond the scope of this discussion. Thinking people, on the other hand, particularly scientists and engineers, and others with analytical minds, know that when faced with what appears to be an impossible problem, they don’t back away or charge into it with guns blazing. They stop and consider the causes, isolate those causes into manageable parts, and put forth ways to attack each individually, before integrating their findings into one solution. So, combining the Left-single-minded ways with the Right-single-minded ways might hold promise when considered together. Such a venture would require intense understanding and cooperation from people and politicians on both sides of the aisle, and that might well make it impossible. It sounds naive to think that our elected leaders could accomplish such a thing, which is most likely true, but it is worth the effort to at least articulate it. 

All three problems are primarily big-city issues, but big cities have proven themselves incapable of impacting them. The following approach circumvents the issues that have stood in the way by breaking the problems into smaller, manageable pieces and employing resources not normally considered as part of the solution, to wit. 

A Grass-Roots Big City Renaissance
  • Create a City within a City – independent;
    • Education
    • Jobs
    • Law & order
  • The 5 “Essential Elements”
    • 1 – Police station
      • Flood the area with law enforcement
      • Rudy Giuliani method – no crime is left unpunished
    • 2 – High school
    • 3 – Vocational school
      • Plumbing
      • Electrical
      • etc.
    • 4 – Manufacturing business
      • Car parts – GM, Ford, Etc
      • Electronics – Assemble phones, write code, Etc
    • 5 – Critical retail
      • Grocery
      • Pharmacy
      • Home Depot
  • Get Governments out of the way.
    • Federal Government – too large and too clumsy
      • Can’t solve the most common problem.
      • Certainly not one this complex
    • Same with most State Governments
      • Large, clumsy States – California & New York – run by professional politicians.
        • Create problems, work on problems, and talk about problems
        • Never solve problems – their jobs depend on problems.
      • Small, nimble ones, e.g., Idaho, & North Dakota don’t have same problems
      • For those same precise reasons – they are small and nimble.
        • A homeless person is rare in Idaho.
        • Street crime in North Dakota ends abruptly
          • Smash-and-grabbers in the morgue with tags on their toes.
        • Illegals are there, but;
          • Not draining the Welfare budget.
          • Working hard and staying under the radar
    • Local Governments hold the key
      • Need Federal and State funding
      • But without bureaucrats “helping”
  • Get the Private Sector involved.
    • Unlike governments, companies understand;
      • Fiscal responsibility
      • The Profit motive
      • Solving problems
    • Unlike the public sector, businesses solve problems or go out of business.
    • Unlike public agencies, businesses hire people and make things for profit.
    • Profit creates jobs and fuels the economy
    • Public jobs slow the economy by spending money they don’t have.
  • The Renaissance Team
    • Federal Congressman
      • Advisory capacity – no vote
      • Handles Federal funding
    • State Congressman
      • Advisory capacity – no vote
      • Handles State funding
    • Representative from each of the 5 “Essential Elements”
  • Pick the right Location
    • No border states with impossible illegal alien pressure
    • No States with great weather to attract homeless
    • No Sanctuary City or Sanctuary State
      • A Right-single-minded perspective can adopt another point of view.
      • A Left-single-minded view is harder to change.
  • Start small
    • Minimum dozen city blocks
    • Maximum several dozen blocks
  • Scale Success
    • Local residents vote and Renaissance Team decides when to expand
    • Local leaders go on to become State and Federal leaders
      • . . . who know how to solve problems instead of talking about them.
By: Jim
Written: August 2023
Published: September 9, 2023
Revised: 
Reader feedback always appreciated[i]. . thoughtful commentary perhaps more so than shallow thoughts
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