Author: George Wimmer
Hello, my name is George Wimmer. I have spent over 32 years volunteering, community organizing, and 16 years in local government – 12 as Mayor. I host Wimmer's Wilderness Podcast, write articles for Critterfacts.com and try to take an informed look at Politics, Community, Government, Environment, and Education from a local perspective.
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Episode #49 Voting
In episode #49 of Wimmer’s Wilderness Podcast, we discuss voting in depth. We cover five main points.
Point #1 – Founding Fathers’ views and some local community views on who should vote.
Point #2 – How the first several national elections impacted voting,
Point #3 – Important dates in voting history with some help from historical voices of Sojourner Truth as read by Kerry Washington, Martin Luther King Jr, and LBJ.
Point #4 – Recent voting changes and issues. We use audio from a public Brookings Institute discussion regarding the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder.
Point # 5 – When does voting start and where to vote.We end our episode with our quiz and a chance to win some great prizes.
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Our regions, states, and countries are simply a collection of local communities working together. If we can make a positive change in our local communities, that will lead to better outcomes at the regional, state, and national levels.
Episode #47 Education
In Episode #47, we discuss Education funding trends from 2005 to date. We explore the effects on education funding of the Great Recession and the economic recovery up to the Covid19 Pandemic impact.
Our second topic delves into the promise of state lotteries and the realities of their negative trends on education funding.
We finish with my run for a local school board seat and our fun Quiz.
Episode #47 Education is Dropping Next Week
Episode #46 Census
In episode #46, we are going to discuss the census in depth. I have covered the census previously, but it is essential to keep getting the word out to get our national count completed and done accurately.
We are covering 5 points
Point #1 What is the Census?
Point #2 What it means to Apportionment?
Point #3 What it means to Funding?
Point #4 Why is this Census Different in 2020?
Point #5 How do we Count everyone?