In a general proposal. CTI stated its goals as "to demystify technology. to challenge all of the claimed economies of scale. and to push as far as possible practical demonstrations of high technology in the direct service of human needs and imagination in an urban community." The CTI proposal continued: "Specific projects immediately planned. in addition to a complete information service. are trout raising in basementsized areas. vegetable farming in roofsized areas. use of solar energy on a community scale. use of windmills as an urban energy source. effect of machine tools upon community selfreliance. and redesign of community facilities. including transportation." In this proposal. a budget of $193.120 was developed. Undocumented sources indicated that CTI planned funding requests to the government and major foundations. The selfstated "core staff" of CTI includes: Karl Hessan IPS "nonemployee" because of his long term problems with the Internal Revenue Service. is Project Coordinator. and Therese Hess. his wife. runs the information services project and acts as "community relations organizer." Karl Hess is a former editor of Newsweek. a founding editor of National Review. speech writer for Senator Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential campaign. and a onetime member of the White House staff who now claims to be an extreme rightwing anarchistlibertarian. A "visiting fellow" at IPS. his specialty is talking about political decentralization and maintaining communications between old conservative friends and his new allies and supporters on the left.
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