David Morris has been visiting West Marin for 20 years or more, mostly from either Washington, D.C., where he co-founded the Institute for Local Self-Reliance 45 years ago, or from Minneapolis-St. Paul, where he has been living with his wife, Harriet Barlow, most of the time. He has written four books about local self-reliance, including “Neighborhood Power: The New Localism” and “Seeing the Light: Regaining Control of Our Electrical System.” David has been watching closely…