164: with Kate Davidson, City Council Ward 2 candidate
Podcast |
Broken Class
Publisher |
Thomas Hiura
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Music
News
Politics
Publication Date |
Mar 27, 2020
Episode Duration |
01:19:40

Kate Davidson has spent 18 years in Eugene's second ward, being represented by Betty Taylor. Kate helped Betty win re-election in 2008, and now that the longest-held seat in Eugene history will have a new occupant in 2021, Kate is stepping up to run.

We chat about distributed energy (2:06), our three choices during climate chaos (4:26), privilege in Eugene (11:12), our age difference (14:05), establishment endorsements (18:38), Kate’s experience (20:29) fiscal responsibility (23:24), “treating posterity like dirt” (27:00), long-term thinking, communal living & Y2K (29:40), a Councilor Davidson priority (34:24), UBI and statewide ideas (38:37), founding Lane Library League and organizing in Creswell (41:12), home-schooling (48:55), the arts (52:35), human-centered economics (57:02), Biden & Bernie (1:03:34), Kate’s reading list (1:10:09), Kanye & other music (1:12:09), and more. The discussion is on video at https://youtu.be/IC4V72rHt1g

Check out Kate's impressive website at https://www.katedavidson.org

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