Local Selection

Stephe Koontz, Doraville, Georgia City Councilmember
Interviewed in English Oak Park, Doraville, Georgia
 
“I became the first transgender person in the southeastern United States to win a contested,” – Stephe Koontz
 
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Ep. 14 London Lamar, Tennessee State Representative, district 91

"Two things that I always want us to go into 2022 having: Grace and Accountability." – London Lamar

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 Twitter: @RepLamar
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Some links to things we talked about:

--Tennessee’s redistricting that combines London Lamar’s district with her fellow youngest member
--In Tennessee, Trying to Help Voters Could Get You Charged With a Crime
--An elected county judge in Tennessee is responsible for this: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime that Doesn’t Exist.

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Anna Eskamani, Florida State Representative District 47
"When you’re most afraid to speak is when you must speak." –Anna Eskamani
 
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Nida Allam, Durham County Commissioner
"No one can tell you to wait your turn. No one can tell you that you can't do it." - Nida Allam

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Here’s an article about the study I mentioned about North Carolina no longer qualifying as a functional democracy.

The study’s author, Andrew Reynolds, a professor at UNC – Chapel Hill, taking a victory lap two years later:

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Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State

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Articles on Ken Blackwell and 2004 Ohio voter suppression and election rigging:

Ken Blackwell’s Greatest “Hits”: Voting Edition – ACLU Ohio https://www.acluohio.org/archives/blog-posts/ken-blackwells-greatest-hits

Mother Jones on voting machines (pre-election) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/03/diebolds-political-machine/

NY Times: Glitch Found in Ohio Counting https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/politics/campaign/glitch-found-in-ohio-counting.html

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Christina Haswood, Kansas State Representative, House District 10

"How many times in this room of the House of the Chamber are the discussions that try to take and dehumanize Indigenous peoples and Native Americans? I was like, man, whatever they tried to do in this room, it didn’t work. It failed. I’m here." – Christina Haswood

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Twitter: @HaswoodforKS
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Here is a link specifically to the TikTok from the swearing in ceremony
And here is the link to the FABULOUS video explainer of "The Kansas Experiment" (aka, "the Brownback Experiment") from Loud Light that Christina mentioned in the interview.

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Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin

"I know we have the philosophical debates, but at the end of the day it’s like: do we care about our neighbors or do we not?" – Katie Rosenberg

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 Twitter: @katierosenberg

Here’s the website for Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

Here’s an NPR article with the results I referenced from the Michael Tubbs’ foray into guaranteed income in Stockton, aka the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration.

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Lorena González, Seattle City Council President and Candidate for Mayor of Seattle

"Seattle is an example of how you can be reforming your police department for 12 years and still get a knee on the neck when you’re protesting." – Lorena González

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Twitter: @cmlgonzalez (mayoral campaign account: @mlorenagonzalez
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Here is an article with more coverage of the police budget negotiations from Sept. 2020. The article includes a local King 5 news station video that features today’s guest – give it a watch.

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Madinah Wilson-Anton, Delaware State Representative - district 26

"They thought we were joke candidates, they didn’t think we had a shot at all. And then to see all of us sweep out incumbants? People were like – oh crap. Maybe people actually want the things that are on their websites. Maybe we should act differently. And that’s real power." – Madinah Wilson-Anton

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And here's her website that I glowed about in the interview.

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Santa Claus, North Pole City Council, Alaska

"That whole love vs. fear dynamic that kept popping up through my different careers." - Santa Claus

You can't follow (this) Santa on social media, as awesome as that would be, but he does have a website you can visit: santaclausnorthpolealaska.com

For more background on some of the stats I mention re: the challenges that adults have created for children in America:

Stats on children and teens killed by guns, more info on child gun deaths with more info on race and immigration factors

Uninsured children rates rise

Trying minors as adults (and why it is bad)

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