Ep. 8 Lorena González, Seattle City Council President

03/23/21 • 55 min

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
Instagram: @cmlorenagonzalez (mayoral campaign IG: @lorena4seattle)

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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If you like what you heard here today, please consider supporting us on Patreon and help make this series sustainable

We now have fabulous merch! If you want everyone to know you think Local Representation is Sexy then you owe it to yourself to wear it on a t-shirt! (or mug or notebook or stickers etc)

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Follow Lorena González on the socials! You will be glad you did.
Twitter: @cmlgonzalez (mayoral campaign account: @mlorenagonzalez
Instagram: @cmlorenagonzalez (mayoral campaign IG: @lorena4seattle)

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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Ep. 7 Madinah Wilson-Anton, Delaware State Rep.

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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Ep. 9 Katie Rosenberg, Mayor of Wausau, Wisconsin

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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