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Meet the challenger running for Madison Mayor. Gloria Reyes is running on her experience as a former Madison police officer, school board president, and deputy mayor in the Soglin administration. But also, she's running on her experience as a local who grew up here and has deep community roots. We spoke with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway about her bid for re-election on Monday's show. The election is Tuesday, April 4th. Learn where you vote or how to register. Also in today's episode:
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Milfred and Hands assess the finalists for mayor, and play clips from their primary night victory speeches. Satya Rhodes-Conway survived a crowded field of candidates by drawing the sharpest contrast with Madison's "mayor for life." Incumbent Paul Soglin is still the favorite. But Rhodes-Conway could benefit from outrage over a conservative Supreme Court candidate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mayor-for-life Paul Soglin is the guy to beat now that he's back in the race. But some strong challengers to the left of #GrumpyStache are hoping for an upset. Milfred and Hands assess the field of seven candidates in the February primary for Madison mayor, and look ahead to the April election. Mitch Henck crashes the podcast, claiming Soglin could be in trouble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode we speak with IEA Executive Director Audrey Soglin about the role of Executive Director, the Partnership for Resilience, collaborating with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the structure of the IEA Officer/Management Team, and the strategic goals of the Illinois Education Association.
In this episode, the team closes the TV trifecta loop for listener 'fishy' and tells the tale of Hogan's Heroes. We discuss Werner Klemperer, Richard Dawson, Bob Crane, but also get side-tracked by Black Mirror, Soglin, Shit-hole comments, Mother!, and The Hulk. We revisit Captain America, the 1st Avenger. We talk AUTOFOCUS, Role Models, Paul, Erased, Family Feud, and Fire and Fury. Plus some computer trash talk!
Madison Mayor's Race - Bridget Maniaci
Madison Mayor's Race - Primary follow-up
Madison Mayor's Race - Fiscal situation
Madison Mayor's Race - Visions for the city
Madison Mayor's Race - Economic development
Madison Mayor's Race - Internet access
Madison Mayor's Race - Homelessness and poverty
Madison Mayor's Race - Race and Equity
Madison Mayor's Race - Transportation
In the first of many installments to come, Duncan updates James Howard Kunstler on the recent Congress For the New Urbanism, held June 1-6, 2011 in Madison, Wisc. The Congress for the New Urbanism is a professional association of planners, architects, developers, political leaders and activists who are committed to revitalizing cities and curb the continuation of sprawl. During this show, we hear from: Andres Duany, New Urbanist architec; Ed Glaeser, Harvard economist & author; U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-OR; Paul Soglin, mayor of Madison, Wisc.; Paul Minett, Ridesharing Institute; Will Allen, Wisconsin farmer and founder of Growing Power; Charles Waldheim, Harvard professor and leader of the Landscape Urbanism movement; and Stefanos Polyzoides, New Urbanist architect. JHK reacts to some short sound bites regarding Landscape Urbanism, skyscraper cities and the development of New Urbanism.