elections

Stacy Richards Two Years On (s4e18)

We welcome back Stacy Richards, Union County Commissioner, to check in about rural news and updates.  Long time friend, Stacy shares her insights and perspectives on the steady work of making positive changes through good policy.  We talk about election integrity and threats to democracy.  The county commissioners are a key element of a good…

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Election 2021 Hot-ish Takes- The Smorgasbord Edition (s4e9)

We pulled together smart people from all over PA to cover local races we each had an eye on as well as the results from the PA-wide judicial elections. We, too, fell into the trap of not waiting for all the votes to be counted. Since this was recorded, Judge Lori Dumas has pulled ahead…

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Stay Home For The Holidays (s3e23)

Fill out our listener survey here! Taylor, Jordi, and Dwayne welcome guest podcaster Nathan Alan Lund to the show. First we gave our headlines of the week. Dwayne’s headline was “Stay Home For The Holidays” emphasizing that our Healthcare Workers are doing their part and we need to do our this holiday season. Nathan’s headline…

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GOTMFV Pre-election snippets 2018 (s2e13)

This episode is snippets of an interview with Dwyane and Taylor with a little bit of Taylor monologue (and Taylor playing the banjo for the first time in pod history!).

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Drive For Five “Making East Buffalo Stronger” — Interview with Jim and Tina (S2E11)

Taylor Lightman sits down with Jim Buck and Tina Prowant to discuss the Drive For Five, a ballot referendum in East Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania that asks voters if they would like to add two additional township supervisors to the board.  They discuss why they are all involved in a push for 5 supervisors,…

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Trailblazing in Blossburg S2e7

Taylor and Jordi traveled to Blossburg PA in Tioga County to meet Leslie Danks Burke, Shane Nickerson, and Josh Marshall.  We had a nice lunch at 242 Coffee Company. Want to run for local office?  Check out TrailblazersPAc’s resources. Show Notes TrailblazersPAC 2017 annual report NPR reporting Blossburg 242 Shane Nickerson

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