# greenwood (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover greenwood. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Mighty Oak Meets Road Construction](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/the-mighty-oak-meets-road-construction/) _2026-08-18 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ There are sixteen slabs of wood drying in Dan Malone's garage on Strawberry Lane. They're all that's left of a 250 to 300-year-old oak that stood on his property until the city of Shorewood decided it needed to come down. The post The Mighty Oak Meets Road Construction appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [Policing by the numbers: The SLMPD budget](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/the-slmpd-budget/) _2026-08-13 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ The South Lake Minnetonka Police Department Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) dictates the management and funding of the department. The JPA follows good governance principles like shared decision-making, but falls short on transparency and accountability. The post Policing by the numbers: The SLMPD budget appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [August 10, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 4 Minute Recap](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/august-10-2026-shorewood-council-meeting/) _2026-08-12 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ Some items of interest from the Shorewood council meeting: – Highway 7 Safety Study – Excelsior Fire District Budget: – South Lake Minnetonka Police Budget The post August 10, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 4 Minute Recap appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [Flock Safety: A National Citizen Revolt](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/flock-safety-a-national-citizen-revolt/) _2026-08-06 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ When SCA first covered Shorewood's Flock ALPR cameras in fall 2025, few other examples of citizen resistance existed. That has changed. Citizen pressure, not policy handed down from above, is now driving the shift away from Flock nationwide. The post Flock Safety: A National Citizen Revolt appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [Candidates for Shorewood Council Are Set](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/candidates-for-shorewood-council-are-set/) _2026-08-04 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ This November, Shorewood voters will elect two City Council Members, each serving a four-year term beginning in January 2027. The filing period for this election to those positions ended on July 28th and the withdrawal period ended July 30th. Two individuals filed for election. The post Candidates for Shorewood Council Are Set appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [No Ceilings](https://runitback.substack.com/p/no-ceilings) _2026-08-04 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ Long before the Tuskegee Airmen, Bessie Coleman inspired a generation of pilots to take to the skies ## [Monitoring Driver Behavior on Hwy 7](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/monitoring-driver-behavior-on-hwy-7/) _2026-07-30 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ SCA first noted the curiosity generated by an orange trailer-like apparatus that appeared in Feb. 2025 along Hwy 7 near Excelsior. The structure remains, originally as part of a $450,000 grant awarded to the then newly formed Highway 7 Safety Coalition. The post Monitoring Driver Behavior on Hwy 7 appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [July 27, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 3 Minute Recap](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/july-27-2026-shorewood-council-meeting/) _2026-07-28 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ Some items of interest from the Shorewood council meeting: – SLMPD 2027 Budget Proposal – Pavement Management Plan – Club Lane Demolition Assessment The post July 27, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 3 Minute Recap appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [Writing Without Fear](https://runitback.substack.com/p/writing-without-fear) _2026-07-28 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ The early black abolitionist David Walker thought he might be killed for his words against slavery, but he wrote them anyway ## [Resident Voices and Council Leadership Lead to Better Decisions](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/resident-voices-and-council-leadership/) _2026-07-23 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ Good local government isn't just about elected officials making decisions—it's about residents, city staff, and council members working together to solve problems. Shorewood has seen resident participation and thoughtful questions from council members result in collaborative outcomes. The post Resident Voices and Council Leadership Lead to Better Decisions appeared first on Shorewood Citizen… ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Yd2DioPnoodT) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Dispute: One Mayor, Two Committees](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/dispute-one-mayor-two-committees/) _2026-07-21 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ A year-long dispute between the member cities of the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department Coordinating Committee came to a head at the June 6 meeting. The issue: Is Greenwood Mayor Tom Fletcher violating the SLMPD Joint Powers Agreement by serving on both of the SLMPD governing committees? The post Dispute: One Mayor, Two Committees appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [City Staff Omissions: Mistakes or Intentional?](https://shorewoodcitizenadvocates.com/city-staff-omissions-mistakes-or-intentional/) _2026-07-16 · SCA Admin · Shorewood Citizen Advocates_ On June 22, 2026, resident Tom Murtha spoke to the Shorewood City Council about serious problems with the City’s actions in the appeal of the Council’s decision to require an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Watten Ponds project. He submitted his statement to SCA for publication. The post City Staff Omissions: Mistakes or Intentional? appeared first on Shorewood Citizen Advocates . ## [The Man Who Built Black History Month](https://runitback.substack.com/p/the-man-who-built-black-history-month) _2026-02-25 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ Carter G. Woodson chronicled the highs and lows of black life, and he gave others the tools to do the same ## [Resistance Isn’t Futile](https://runitback.substack.com/p/resistance-isnt-futile) _2026-01-21 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ What I learned researching a man who was arrested for owning a book ## [More portraits in 2026](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/more-portraits-in-2026) _2025-12-01 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ My journey in portraiture thus far + why I love to photograph non-models ## [Freedom by Violent Means: Part II](https://runitback.substack.com/p/freedom-by-violent-means-part-ii) _2025-10-10 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ The killing of a white slavecatcher by a group of armed black people prompted a vicious response from the federal government ## [Freedom by Violent Means: Part I](https://runitback.substack.com/p/freedom-by-violent-means-part-i) _2025-09-25 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sparked a wave of violent resistance, leading to a killing in Christiana, Pennsylvania ## [Truthtelling in a Time of Lies](https://runitback.substack.com/p/truthtelling-in-a-time-of-lies) _2025-09-03 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ William Still, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, gave fugitive slaves the space to tell their own authentic stories ## [What I've Been Up To](https://runitback.substack.com/p/what-ive-been-up-to) _2025-08-27 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ Looking for a path forward through the past ## [The Burning of Pennsylvania Hall](https://runitback.substack.com/p/the-burning-of-pennsylvania-hall) _2025-08-19 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ Abolitionists built a monument to liberty and free speech steps from Indepdence Hall in Philadelphia. Then a mob burned it the ground. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7SzotzLwVxjc) _2025-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [The First Black Voters](https://runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-black-voters) _2025-08-05 · Victor Luckerson · Run It Back_ Black men could vote in many U.S. states after the American Revolution, but they soon battled a wave of disenfranchisement laws as the nation turned its back on equality ## [Sacred and terrible](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/sacred-and-terrible) _2025-07-30 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ Some scraps from my digital notepad; a new batch of links; wisdom from other people ## [The BB gun](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/the-bb-gun) _2025-07-20 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ Last Fourth of July we gathered in the backyard and shot at beer cans with a BB gun ## [What is Miscellanea?](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/hello-my-name-is) _2025-07-11 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ A reintroduction of sorts ## [You're annoying and I love you](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/youre-annoying-and-i-love-you) _2025-07-02 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ On who we let in and how come ## [We want the document of ourselves](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/we-want-the-document-of-ourselves) _2025-05-02 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ On the solipsism of the front-facing camera ## [Go to the Mardi Gras](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/go-to-the-mardi-gras) _2025-03-10 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ Wonders and weirdos amass; a weekend Uptown and Tuesday morning in the Marigny ## [The odd-man-out argument for social media, maybe](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/the-odd-man-out-argument-for-social) _2025-02-18 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ Substack-ers have social media on life support; the rest of the world is still drowning in the algorithm ## [What might have been lost](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/what-might-have-been-lost) _2025-01-30 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ On the fever dream of our southern snow storm ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OiQrX79V3Ni8) _2025-01-30 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Ditch 'engagement' and start participating](https://miscellanea.substack.com/p/ditch-engagement-and-start-participating) _2025-01-20 · M.G. Tucker · Miscellanea_ A brief note on where I'm at with social media, email, and the opportunities that await us; plus some recent favorite film photographs