Open Think Tank Topics
| Questions June 14, 2009 |
Votes |
| 1 |
I support education. Should teachers be getting raises in these difficult economic times? |
7 |
| 2 |
Why is there so much hate being talked about on TV and Radio? |
6 |
| 3 |
What is it about an acquaintance with grief that reveals beauty |
7 |
| 4 |
Mandatory National Service for all - not necessarily military - after High School - 1 to 2 years? |
8* |
| 5 |
What do you think about our policies in Afghanistan? Are air strikes ruining our chances to make a difference? Will this war turn out to be a big mistake? |
7 |
| 6 |
What would it mean to live in an intentional community? |
9* |
| 7 |
How do we bring more of a tax base to town? |
3 |
| 8 |
I went on the Garden Tour yesterday. Not one of the eight gardens on the tour has a vegetable garden and several showed obvious use of pesticides on their lawns. Should the tour be more environmentally aware in choosing the gardens? |
6 |
| 9 |
How can we improve America's public schools? |
5 |
| 10 |
How to make best use of the summertime? |
5 |
| Questions May 17, 2009 |
Votes |
| 1 |
What is the Inner City Hip-Hop influence on White Suburbia? |
3 |
| 2 |
What can be done at the local level to help people who are struggling financially? |
7 |
| 3 |
Constantly in touch - 24 hour communication? Good or Bad? |
10* |
| 4 |
What have been the most positive things that have happened over the last year...the most negative? |
4 |
| 5 |
Bi-partisanship vs. non-partisanship? |
4 |
| 6 |
How can we improve information about local government to its citizens? |
3 |
| 7 |
What is the most important feature of Public Education? |
7 |
| 8 |
How can we encourage/establish vegetable farms? |
5 |
| 9 |
Will we actually be reaching a point where health care will need to be rationed and can its rationing in fact display a sign of humanity? |
7 |
| 10 |
Should this admnistration investigate and put on trial the higher-ups, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, John Yoo, etc. - responsible for torture? |
6 |
| 11 |
What do you think of the need for television conversion? |
2 |
| 12 |
What can we do for the Palestinians? |
7• |
| 13 |
What are local (town) solutions to global environmental problems? |
6 |
| Questions April 5, 2009 |
Votes |
| 1 |
Do we need some internal public transport in Guilford? |
5 |
| 2 |
Will we be able to attract high school kids for OTT? Should? |
6* |
| 3 |
What is enought and when is enough, enough? |
3 |
| 4 |
Is the government doing enough to give people hope during these trying times? |
2 |
| 5 |
Are competitive sports for children having a bad effect on education? |
5 |
| 6 |
New Haven County has some of the worst air quality in the country. How can we cope with this? |
5* |
| Questions March 8, 2009 |
Votes |
| 1 |
Are we doing enough to help the poor around the world? |
7 |
| 2 |
What are your thoughts on regional consolidation of services, purchasing, etc? |
7 |
| 3 |
Do we need public transportation in Guilford? |
6 |
| 4 |
Should the stimulus money have gone to consumers instead of banks? |
2 |
| 5 |
Why are we to love our neighbors and how are we to accomplish that? |
6 |
| 6 |
What are your thoughts on Obama's health plan proposal? |
7 |
| 7 |
Can we be less dependent on getting food and goods from afar? |
8* |
| 8 |
How do you stay centered & keep peace in your life with all the negative happenings? |
9* |
| 9 |
How well are our local, state, & federal govt serving us? |
4 |
| 10 |
What do you think about the U.S. policy in Afghanistan? |
4 |
| 11 |
Who has been the most important woman in your life and why? |
4 |
| 12 |
What would stimulate the US Economy?? |
3 |
| Questions February 8, 2009 |
Votes |
| 1 |
Has the business paradigm gone too far? -- i.e. the bottom line is what counts? |
7* |
| 2 |
How do you feel about the current state of the local and national economy? |
2 |
| 3 |
What "good things" might come from the economic recesssion? |
8* |
| 4 |
Look at all the lonely people. Where do they all come from? Where do they all belong? |
4 |
| 5 |
How can citizens get factual information with so much flux in our media outlets? |
6 |
| 6 |
Would safe driving campaign by the State of CT be of any value? |
1 |
| 7 |
Do we need exams in our schools? |
6 |
| 8 |
Healthy Food & Drink Health |
1 |
| 9 |
Spiritual Evolution |
4 |
| 10 |
Public Transportation within Guilford? |
5 |
| 11 |
Afghanistan: What is our best strategy? |
5 |
| 12 |
What is "Community" in terms of Guilford? |
6 |
January 11, 2009 Suggested Topics for Discussion
- How can we increase public participation in Guilford town decision making? *
- What do you think of the digital evolution in all aspects of our lives; online news vs. print, social networking, cellular phones vs. land lines? Are you prepared to use these devices?
- What role does dissent play in a society?
- How can we work to supply the country with more mass transit?
- What do we want democracy to mean?
- How should Connecticut go about regionalizing some services in order to achieve cost efficiencies?
- Are local newspapers serving the needs of the citizenry? If not, how could they improve?
- What are the pluses and minuses to society of a population with a long life span (80+ years,) versus a shore span, (55-65 years?)
- What will happen to Capitalism?
- Does the two party system work in the best interest of our community or in the interest of the parties?
- Why aren't we all, including the press, talking about population?*
* received most votes by those in attendance and was discussed
December 14, 2008 Topics that were discussed
- Is society too fast paced and if so how can we slow it down?
- Genetics and the criminal justice system
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