The Editor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Prologue xi
6. 1. The Town and the Writer
7. Introduction 1
8. Births 8
9. Lessons on Facebook 11
10. Columns of Another Kind 17
11. Turning Attention to the Local 19
12. “Are You the Writer?” 21
13. 2. Spy Cameras in the Schools
14. Introduction 25
15. A Salesman Comes to Town, in Disguise 27
16. A Time Machine Back to the 1950s 29
17. The Public Reacts 33
18. Lockport’s Spy Cameras Become a National Issue 36
19. Lawsuits, Elections, and Legislation 41
20. Threatened With Arrest at a School Board Meeting 45
21. Two Steps Forward and One Step Back 48
22. 3. Black in Lockport
23. Introduction 51
24. The Death of Troy Hodge 52
25. “Black in Lockport” 55
26. My Brother’s Keeper 60
27. The Powerful Lockport Legacy of Aaron Mossell 65
28. A Racist Massacre Hits Home 68
29. Through Tragedy a Community Finds a Clearer Voice 70
30. 4. A Rebellion against Renewable Power
31. Introduction 75
32. Against the Wind 76
33. Big Energy Goals Dictated from Elsewhere 78
34. Solar Battles 79
35. When Solar Goes Massive Scale 83
36. The Niagara County Solar Study Group 86
37. Shuttering a Coal Plant 90
38. “They Are Coming for Our Gas Stoves” 96
39. The Perils of a Backlash 98
40. 5. A Castle of Old School Corruption
41. Introduction 101
42. A Racetrack in the Middle of Nowhere 102
43. A Board of Directors and Its Expensive Perks 103
44. King Henry 108
45. Banging on the Castle Walls 111
46. Connecting the Dots 115
47. The Survivor 119
48. 6. Conversations with My Neighbors
49. Introduction 125
50. The Swing Voter 126
51. The Trailblazer 131
52. The Business Man 136
53. The Mayor 141
54. The Believer 146
55. The Editor 151
56. The Veteran 156
57. The Farmer 161
58. Conclusion
59. Introduction 167
60. Listening to How We Sound to Others 168
61. Talking Much More About the Things We Love in Common 170
62. An Ideology of Common Sense 171
63. The Last Word 172
64. Notes 175
65. About the Author 183
66. Index 185