Insanity is

 
It is said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results I have lived in Arizona for about 20 years. I came here in 92 and I have seen the city grow out of the ruins of the savings and loan debacle - survived the tech crash and participated in Phoenix’s meteoric rise as the 5th largest city in the US yet be ranked about the 49th state in the US for education.

I've sat on the board of directors of non profits, I have actively – I mean really actively participated in politics -i've played with the Democrats, the Republicans and I ran for US Congress as an Independent on a transpartisanship platform – all right true enough we were probably ahead of our time – however point is we have not been slouches.

We have served actively in our community participated in fundraisers, from autism, to homelessness, to assisting in the building of the AZ Department of Peace, we have created event after event from founding One Planet magazine to creating peace on earth day events, to participating in building a straw bale studio in Dewey AZ.

I have friends in the solar industry, was a founding board member of the AZ Green Chamber of Commerce, have volunteered at schools, parks and walked the walks for breast cance, AIDS, domestic violence and lymphoma.
I have persistently prayed, paid, pleaded and participated.

I have shown up as radio talk show host, emcee, auctioneer, mediator, negotiator and facilitator!
All the while believing that what we will do and have done will not be individually important; however it is vital that we do and so we have done!

As I started - It is said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results -
The time has come to say good bye to our beloved desert in the Valley of Sun.

The Phoenix community was founded and grew on a principle of community not competition. Phoenix was birthed from the visions of cowboys, Indians, Mexicans, immigrants -- working together for a better life, no snow, laughing, loving and living long tough lives.

Then the migrants came – from Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota – none – the – less.
What is done is done.

It’s time to move on -

We have talked about leaving for several years – the conversation began in earnest when then gov Janet Napolitano made the extraordinary decision to empower the king Arpaio with the crazy authority of the 287g agreement and then appease the ignorant and militarize the AZ Mexico border.

I had been approached with the opportunity to pen a column for the AZ Capitol Times yet when I sat down to write nothing would come – first clue – I was at a loss for words – this is serious!!!

So many things confound me – how being and acting ignorant become synonymous for conservative?

It's not however in our let's rush to tell a story any story forget the facts and speaking form our biased perception we'll just make assumptions – no one individual or group of individuals or organizations are to blame – this responsibility falls on the shoulders of all of us.

Lunacy is not equal to liberal and ignorant is not equal to conservative.

All thought there are plenty of lunatic liberals and ignorant conservatives however if am off point again!

I am an independent – not a member of the independent party – I am an independent, an artist, a cultural creative, a visionary. I am a believer that what goes around comes around. I believe when I reach for joy. I will find it. And when I focus on the crap, that is all I see, so I choose to focus on opportunity. To that point, I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. Joyful! Expressive! I feel free!