I thought canvassing had gone the way of the handwritten letter. Still known, but seldom done. To my surprise, I was invited to canvass the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. Sunny Sunday and everyone was on their porch, watering lawns, and idle. Summer stuff. The response to the level of air pollution was, of course, alarming. Where are these coal plants?
The coal plants are at least a 40 minute drive from Ravenswood. Out of sight from middle to upper middle class incomes and green lawns. The coal plants pollute Pilsen and Little Village. Hardly worthy of such fuss. Until you consider the consequences that affect everyone.
