Who to vote for in Fort Worth Mayoral Race? Interview with Mattie Parker

03/15/21 • 47 min

817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show

This week the hosts for the 817 podcast sit down with mayoral candidate Mattie Parker CEO of Cradle to Career and the T3 Partnership to discuss her goals for the city. Tony and EJ share their perspective on the stimulus package and as well opinions on the Arts Council of Fort Worth 2021 Mayoral Candidate Forum.
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Update Fort Worth Mayoral Race, Gov. Abbott's removal of mask impact city, Chief Noakes fire racist police officers, Tara Wilson City Council District 4 candidate joins the conversation

First, this is a BIG comprehensive episode with a lot of updates for the month of March as we prepare for the mayoral election! Early voting is April 19th.
Second, we have a guest co-host who will be our podcaster in resident for the month as Jimmy is on the open road.
Today we interview Tara Wilson who is running for city council in District 4 against incumbent Cary Moon. She is a medical professional and frontline worker who shares her experience about COVID and opinions on Governor Abbott's removal of the mask mandate in the state of Texas.

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The Future of Fort Worth: Who Should Lead Next?

In this episode, we interview two Fort Worth leaders to get their perspective on the upcoming local election on May 1st (early voting starts April 19th). We ask them what ideas, actions, and policies are they looking for when deciding on who they support. We also learn about how Fort Worth has evolved and what are some of the opportunities moving forward for our fast-growing city! This election is crucial to the future of Fort Worth and what the city becomes on a global scale.
Interview one is with Carly Burson, founder and CEO of LAUDE the Label.
Interview two is with Jennifer Trevino, Executive Director of Leadership Fort Worth.