Welcome to the THISLAND discussion group -- an electronic email list focused on issues that face the residents of Long Beach. It's FREE, uncensored -- and there's no 3-minute time limit on what you can say. Just click on the SUBSCRIBE button to your left and you're ready to go. The list is currently generating a great deal of traffic, so instead of receiving individual emails, you may opt for a daily digest or receive no emails and visit this website to review the message archive at your leisure

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We hope you will enjoy our open dialogue on a variety of issues including: municipal reform including charter revisions and the development of an ethics commission; environmental issues including parks, open space, and cleaning up our shoreline; responsible and fiscally prudent community development, the redevelopment of our downtown area, and building new schools. We hope by engaging in open and intelligent discussion; and the exchange of ideas and solutions; we will create a sustainable city with a viable economy for the future.