Episode 32: How To Blow Up A Pothole (ft. Keith Linhares)

We head down to District 1 City Council candidate Keith Linhares’ house to check in with his campaign and marvel at his absolutely amazing garage.

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Last time we talked to Keith it was back in March, when he was just getting started. “Episode 16: Time for an overhaul (ft. Keith Linhares)”

Now he’s got a sense of the terrain and we were stoked to hear he’s more optimistic now than he was then. We talk housing policy, extending a hand to winnable conservatives. We talk about the asymmetry of the typical citizens’s politics and the opportunity that lies in considering the funding of the DPW versus the WPD. Here’s a passage from Keith (around 35 mins in) I appreciated:

That's something that has been resonating with voters is, kind of back to that concept of investing in ourselves, that the DPW is so under understaffed. I think I heard a couple months ago, it’s like 90 people short.

And people like the idea when you say like, these should be good jobs for the people of Worcester, we should be able to help ourselves, we should be able to take care of ourselves that resonates with people.

And I mean, you can label it as you know, whatever “ism” you want, but the idea that a municipality should have some level of authority over itself and some ability to satisfy its own needs is so, so crucial right now, when you look at what the federal federal government's doing, especially lately.

Keith, like all the good candidates, needs money and volunteers if he’s going to do the damn thing. Sign up for his mailing list, give him some cash (recurring ideally!) and get involved.

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If you don’t know where to start in terms of “getting involved” there’s a perfect event for you this Thursday: Worcester Sucks Election Squad #1 at Steel and Wire, 7 p.m. July 31.

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