WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Marble Falls Driving across huge parts of the US South and West I could say gives me time to think, but that’s hardly half of it. Eyes plastered to the road; a driver is overwhelmed by visual overload. As you drive west, your vision expands for miles in all directions. One day I …
North Platte, Nebraska America is a big, big country and the open spaces require a bit of luck to go with navigation via Google and real maps. I started the day outside Greeley, Colorado scouting radio tower locations. With a very early start, I was picking up a small U-Haul trailer in Worland, Wyoming …
Greeley, CO Let’s face the facts. I’m becoming an amateur expert in western water towers. I’m also becoming someone who pops by town centers around the West looking for people who will listen to our story and give us a hand. Today, I woke up in Limon, Colorado, visited Deer Trail and Kersey, …