We are the Revolutionaries
Published in Widowism by chefswidowAfter last nights Ohio election results were displayed on the screen, my social networks exploded in anger. Issue 2 passed as well as Issue 3 and I think the majority of people my age who have time, money, or themselves invested in this city were heartbroken. I read so many people’s words expressing their anger over these results,
ohio bamboozled by big ag’s phony ads. issue 2 passes. Now: contact yr legislators to have a hand in who gets on livestock care board.How can voters be smart enough to vote for tri-c, and gullible enough to vote for factory farms and legalized gambling monopolies???
Can’t BELIEVE issues two and three are going to pass
you know what? i don’t care. have fun degenerates, i’ll be busy helping make this city great again, while you’ll be slowly dying, waking up on your death bed wondering where the years went. there’s a reason why casinos are open 24 hours a day and they have no clocks on the walls.
retarded clevelanders voting for issues they know nothing about… idiots! you guessed the wrong answer!!!
Well, Ohio has voted for casinos and for government protection of big agribusiness. The only thing the casinos are going to save is gasoline – for the people who won’t be driving out of state. Look at Pittsburgh’s casino that has had its bond rating lowered to junk status. And you also said yes to big commercial farms with big commercial pools of animal shit and lots of methane air pollution. Goooooo Buckeyes!
All of this passion can be turned into something positive. There is a reason we ALL live in Cleveland and it sure as hell ain’t The Browns. We live here because we can see the future. We can imagine being the frontiers of this city, the founders of the new Cleveland. Each one of us has stood behind something we believed in regarding this city. We can’t let this shit get us down and lose our passion. So we have a casino, now lets fight for a waterfront boardwalk. Big ag won, livestock panels will be created. Fuck ‘em. Write to the governor and tell him WHO (the panels are made up of Representatives of Ohio family farms, farming organizations, food safety experts, veterinarians, consumers, the dean of an agricultural department at an Ohio college or university, and/or a county humane society representative) you want on these panels. Keep the momentum going, the passion that I saw regarding these two issues was enough to inspire a revolution. Let’s do it. Let’s revolutionize this city. Support local business, support local farmer’s, join local organizations that fight for the environment, that believe in the future of our city. The most important thing we should all understand regarding these issues is that our generation is the one that will CHANGE Ohio. We will be the majority soon and the steps we take until we get there will define the path that this state takes. Keep the passion alive, believe in the city that you believed in yesterday. She is still here. Beneath the black jack tables and the big corporate farms, we are still here.
*sigh* I just still feel so defeated today. I’ll try to muster up some passion tomorrow…
Just another nail in the coffin of Ohio. I can’t even explain how much it saddens me to see these two issues pass. You read about all these so called “tea parties” wherein people protest about big government and then the same people turn around and vote for Issue 2. Did they not realize they just created an unelected unaccountable board to make decisions about food and “animal safety?” And of course we all know this board won’t look out for the citizens of Ohio, it will look out for corporate farms and big business. It just boggles my mind. I guess we should have all seen the writing on the wall when Issue 1 passed in 2004. Backwards Ohioans vote against their own interests again…and again…
I’m not native to the Cleveland area, but I’m tired of banging my head against a wall. Like most younger liberal professionals, I want out. Wouldn’t it be nice to live somewhere progressive and dynamic. Sadly, I’m stuck here because of my profession…arg…
Seems like the first two comments overlooked the important suggestions made here. We do have the power to take hold of our city. And yes, voting is one way to do that. And yes, clearly many of us were misinformed. But we still have control here, we ARE able to make a change in Cleveland. Now is the time to better inform our community and take the majority.
Thank you for this positive post today.
Great post Amelia. While I too am disappointed with the outcome of the vote on these two issue I realize that it’s more important than ever to be the change I want to see. It all begins with us.
For those of us who care about food issues we need to keep promoting the family farms that we buy from to others and need to keep making consumer choices that support the kind of world we want.
Thanks for posting on this. I too felt crappy about the passing of issue 2 and 3. I voted “no” on both and after hearing that they passed I felt really defeated. Your post reminded that there are many people who felt and voted the same way I did and I was not alone in my stance against the two issues.
Thanks for giving some ideas on what people can do now. Also, it cannot be stressed enough how important it is for people to vote. I always wonder after elections what the results would be if we had 100% voter participation.
I was shocked to that they passed as well. Time to get more involved…great ideas!
A friendly organic milk, egg, and spelt, supplier from our farmer’s market will most likely be losing his farm because issue 2 passed. so sad. he is an amish school teacher on the far southeast… who knows what will happen now. i’m worried, anxious, and nauseated.
Great post! I agree let’s start the revolution and save these local farms and this city.
P.S. I’m declaring you Captain of this revolution!