Kitty Piercy served as Mayor of Eugene from 2005 to 2017. She was only the second woman to be elected Mayor, and she served the second-longest of any Mayor.

We chat about being teachers (0:53), housing/sheltering (3:44), Oregon’s constitution (8:21), Peace Corps in the ‘60s throughout Africa (10:55), Eugene history between business and environmental interests (15:03), Council arguments devolving into sandwich-throwing (18:53), music we love (22:18), UO women’s basketball (24:20), her time at China’s 2nd climate summit (29:41), energizing the Council (33:33), the power/authority of Eugene’s Mayor (39:22), the West Eugene Parkway (40:11), our stories with the Obamas (53:02), appreciating candidates of all stripes (1:04:47), Facebook (1:06:40), and more.

The discussion is on beautifully closed-captioned video at https://youtu.be/be9CdnodjSI. 

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