Eric Smith interviews Phil Ting (San Francisco Assessor - Recorder) about current property taxes, their negative effects on the California economy and the benefits to the state’s future by reforming Proposition 13.

Audio produced, edited and posted by Roland Washington.

Website:

http://www.closetheloophole.com/

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Eric Smith interviews tribal advocates David Escobar of 3 Nation Indian Circle, George Galvis of One Land, One People, Bill Means and Tony Gonzales of the American Indian Movement on the “green” movement, atrocities in Peru and the role of Native Americans in today’s climate crisis.

Audio produced, edited and posted by Roland Washington.

Website:

http://indian-circle.org/
http://www.ifhurbanrez.org/
http://www.aimovement.org/
http://www.aimwest.info/
http://www.kpoo.com/

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Eric Smith interviews Senator Leland Yee about the San Francisco Hunters Point Naval Shipyard clean up and development, the city and state budgets, Senate Bills 399 426 and 586, John Burton and ballot measures to change the two thirds rule in Sacramento, seniors and working with legistlators in the State Capital.

Audio produced, edited and posted by Roland Washington.

Website:

http://dist08.casen.govoffice.com/

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Eric Smith interviews Brent Turner about the problems with our current voting system and how open source voting will address these issues.

“Unverifiable paperless voting systems are still considered normal in many states; The software that counts our votes is secret proprietary property of Diebold, Sequoia, et al; The system is unnecessarily difficult to use (or impossible to use) for citizens with disabilities; Election judges still strain to divine voter intent on a significant percentage of ballots.”

Audio produced, edited and posted by Roland Washington.

Website:

http://www.openvoting.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8CSKdMTARY

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