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Chats with the Candidates Re-Broadcast: Wes Gullett
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This is the second and last of our mini-series re-broadcast covering the 2011 Mayor’s race in Phoenix. We’re having some casual conversations with the candidates and asking them to ‘remove their campaign hats’ to just talk to us as real people. We took some of our own listener’s questions along with our own and posed them to the candidates.
To round things out, we’re talking with Wes Gullett. Yes, he’s the guy with 1000s of signs around Phoenix. Unlike several of the other candidates, Wes has not served on the Phoenix City Council. He is a businessman and has had his fair share of working with politicians, so he’s not afraid of the big office Downtown. He’s a personal friend of Councilman Tom Simplot and says that, while some of his views and policies are conservative, that he truly wishes to engage with the LGBT community. He talks to Joe Dugandzic, co-host of several QTalk Arizona shows, about how he will present fresh ideas for Phoenix, how to fuel real job growth and what his vision for the City is for the next 10 years.
Chats with the Candidates Re-Broadcast: Greg Stanton
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Welcome to the re-broadcast of our mini-series covering the 2011 Mayor’s race in Phoenix. We’re having some casual conversations with the candidates and asking them to ‘remove their campaign hats’ to just talk to us as real people. We took some of our own listener’s questions along with our own and posed them to the candidates.
This time, we’re talking with Greg Stanton. Greg served on the Phoenix City Council for the better part of the last decade, has been an outspoken advocate of our community and is said to have new and fresh ideas for Phoenix. He talks to Joe Dugandzic, co-host of several QTalk Arizona shows, about his vision for the future of the City, how he wants to engage with our community and explains the relationship between the City Council and The Mayor, and talks about how much power the Mayor actually has (the answer may surprise you.) And, with all the recent news about the nation’s debt ceiling, we also talk about how the City spends money and its own debt and bond programs.
Chats with the Candidates 2011: Wes Gullett
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This week, we conclude our mini-series covering the 2011 Mayor’s race in Phoenix. We’re having some casual conversations with the candidates and asking them to ‘remove their campaign hats’ to just talk to us as real people. We took some of our own listener’s questions along with our own and posed them to the candidates.
This week, we’re talking with Wes Gullett. Yes, he’s the guy with 1000s of signs around Phoenix. Unlike several of the other candidates, Wes has not served on the Phoenix City Council. He is a businessman and has had his fair share of working with politicians, so he’s not afraid of the big office Downtown. He’s a personal friend of Councilman Tom Simplot and says that, while some of his views and policies are conservative, that he truly wishes to engage with the LGBT community. He talks to Joe Dugandzic, co-host of several QTalk Arizona shows, about how he will present fresh ideas for Phoenix, how to fuel real job growth and what his vision for the City is for the next 10 years.
Joe and Babe Show Special: Caleb Laieski takes on Washington!
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Caleb Laieski has made headlines locally and nationally by working to pass anti-bullying legislation. Caleb tells his story of the ‘spark’ that got him started on his journey that would change his life. He started ‘pushing back’ when he was thirteen (he’s now sixteen), starting to report bullying and harassment to the administration at his school, but they and the district were not interested in helping him. After that, he sued with the district with the help of the ACLU. Even though the case was eventually dropped, sexual orientation became protected under the district’s policies.
This year, Caleb was one of the Grand Marshals in the Phoenix Pride Parade and has definitely become a known figure in our local community, as well as nationally. He was invited by the White House to attend the nation’s first-ever Anti-Bullying Conference and made his first trip to Washington to attend the Conference earlier this year. He has been back to Washington several times since, meeting with members of Congress, talking to President Obama at the Reception Observing LGBT Pride Month and learning about our country’s political system.
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