Episode #33: Interview with Mary Fortney

SHOW TOPICS

• Welcome Mary Fortney, Campaign Manager for Representative Judy Schwiebert, AZ LD2


• All politics is local!


• Stop messing with Arizona education


• Voting is key to democratic processes


• Keep the legislature working for the people!


• Pay attention Arizonans!

SHOW NOTES

• 00:20 - Mary describes her political journey


• 3:050 - Why the State Legislature is important


• 05:00 - “Local is where you start!”


• 06:05 - 1980 returns to haunt Arizona education! (Aggregate Expenditure Limit explained)


• 09:20 - No medals for 49th place Arizona!


• 10:20 - ALEC, privatization, AZ as “test market”


• 12:00 - Tweets and trolls!


• 13:30 - Lottery, land sales, misinformation


• 15:40 - Let’s expand voter engagement!


• 17:25 - Voting is core element of democracy


• 18:40 - Voter suppression hurts across party lines


• 20:00 - AZ’s mail-in voting historic “street cred”


• 22:15 - Judy Schwiebert cares about Arizona!


• 24:20 - “Tier 1 Districts” and the “single shot”


• 28:00 - Redistricting, revisiting Ken Clark


• 28:40 - Campaign Manager’s Day, never boring!


• 32:20 - What about the “outer-space” base?


• 33:10 - Mary’s masterful burger pivot!


• 34:25 - The Question Purple and recap!