First hour: Why don't we care more about primaries and down-ballot races?
Second hour: Understanding the new poverty report
Forget the presidential election. Why don't Americans get more involved in local politics? Why don't they vote in primaries, or organize, or care about down-ballot races? The presidency gets most of the attention, but the down-ballot races impact our lives on a daily basis. So maybe it's time to change the fact that many Americans don't know who represents them in various levels of government. Our guests:
- Tim Kneeland, chair of the department of history and political science at Nazareth College
- Anthony Plonczynski, local Democratic organizer
In our second hour: A brand new report on poverty is out, and it shows almost no improvement in our region. To be fair, the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative is a 15-year plan. No one said things would flip in a year or two. But what can we learn from the newest numbers? Our guests will sort it out. In studio:
- Ann Johnson, ACT Rochester senior director
- Ed Doherty, author of the original poverty report
- Henry Fitts, City of Rochester Innovation Team
