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Greetings Captain Snawden and Councilman Agelasto,
 
As I am about to initiate a push to launch Timism and 24in4, I would like to offer a heads-up on those aspects that will improve your achieving your career goals and enhancing your public service. [I am CC'ing some participants to keep them abreast of my train of action, e.g, Timism's programmers in Punjab, India.]
 
If you have not visited my resume, achievements and references, I encourage you to do so to take more seriously the impending, proposed tools of timism.
 
I hope we can meet so I can answer your questions on the following.
  1. Brainbees are like spelling bees to spell out problem definitions and solutions.
    1. Citizen Legislation: A monthly BB for citizens to prioritize seven issues for the President, governor, or mayor to act on.
    2. Public Forums: Individuals can easily define a brainbee for townhalls, seminars, etc., by which the participants prioritize whose questions/comments are answered 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. This brainbee use will reduce the mob-rule that is increasing too frequent and riotous. (A real cash cow that will self-educate the public in solving problems.)
    3. Zero-Cost Primaries: Taking the money out of politics.
    4. Super Brainbee: A single webpage from which one can access any public policy-making process on Planet Earth by three variables: NT, ST, Postal, that is, Nation, State and postal code of policy-making body's headquarters. Ultimately, it will be only two codes--NT and Postal, e.g., US23219 for Richmond City Hall with a variation in the suffix (mayor, Schoolboard, DPU, Police, etc.). Cool.
  2. Grass-roots rebuilding of our democracy.
    1. 24in4: Share Job Time or Jobless Crime: Refinance loans to reduce workweek and community service for healthcare costs.
    2. Elementary Democracy: Reforming public service and taxation from the bottom-up.
      1. Community-based policing with elementary police for petty complaints working out of a room at an elementary school.
      2. Profit-sharing taxation
      3. Disaster prep: Forget FEMA, it won't be there when you really need it. Would you rather in live in a community where everyone knows CPR or everyone waits for EMS? Same with disaster prep and response.
    3. Profit-sharing taxation: Bottom up distribution of taxes per 50/50 profit-sharing.
    4. Petty Crime of the Week: One brainbee, available nationwide,  will allow citizens to submit what petty crime they would like to see the police focus on each each. My favorites are parking, noise and trash. If the citizens prioritize then an officer can say to complaining violators, "I don't make the laws. This week your fellow citizens prioritize a campaign against [petty crime of the week]." The RPD could have annual dinner for the 52 weekly winners--a cheap PR campaign since the media will report the petty crime of the week. The winners, if they want, could be interviewed.

      I firmly believe that if minor crimes are enforced that there will be fewer major crimes. It is akin, I think, to how if you make it a point to observe good driving when sober you will be a good driver when you have had one too many. Elementary democracy will eventually fulfill the function of enforcing the "petty crime of the week" so full-time professional can focus on bigger community issues for prevention of major crimes.

      I opine that both RPD and city council do not want to enforce petty laws because of the backlash, e.g., "Officer, don't you have better things to do?," or, "Councilman, I was fined $50 for not moving my supercan!" It is, sadly, easier for a Police Chief to ask for more money to fight robberies and shootings than for enforcing parking ordinances. (With 24in4, there will be less crime from bottom to top.)
If you want to meet, set a date/time to meet for coffee at the WPA Bakery across from Patrick Henry School. Best times for me are late mornings (Tues, Wed. and Thu). Bring at least ten written questions. We'll set a timer of 30 to 60 minutes, your choice. [This specificity echos how I am a highly functional autistic individual who is a self-forced extrovert, but an autist nonetheless. I like consistency, and I like quality, undistacted thinking.]
The career benefit is that you can become the Grand Central Station on a topic of your choice. When the press wants information, they contact you. With each question you will become the GoTo person with more knowledge on a new area of human productivity and politeness than anyone except the originator who wants to be a nobody, but will be available to you.
 
I hope we can work together. If not, my mantra of many, many years will be again my mental vitamin: The problems remain. I think I can solve some of them. So, I will try.
 
Bob Barnett
 
Email or cell: 801-2130