KCDP Podcasts

KCDP Candidate Podcast #15 - Libby Heiny-Cogswell

webmaster — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:39:56 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #15 - Libby Heiny-Cogswell with host Katie Houston

Libby is a Landscape Architect, skills that will serve her well as Township Supervisor. A 19 year resident of Oshtemo, for six years she was on the township planning commission. Libby recognizes the need for increased road patrols in Oshtemo, and is concerned about preserving the rural character of the township.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #14 - Julie Rogers

webmaster — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:33:39 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #14 - Julie Rogers with host Martin Burch

Julie Rogers ran in 2006 and came 400 out of 42k votes short of winning then. This year she believes that with an open seat, the message of change she's brought to her campaign will carry her to victory. She's a big believer in bipartisan cooperation, looks to the Detroit model of coalition building, and will seek consensus.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #13 - Michael Quinn

webmaster — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:13:03 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #13 - Michael Quinn with host Martin Burch

In this podcast Michael Quinn delivers perhaps one of the most memerable quotes of this podcast series. He says about why he wants to run for office, "It's a conviction that government can be done better, and should be run in the interests of the people instead of other interests. I think government ought to be, one, in the interest of the greatest number of people for the greater good and, two, it should be transparent. People in government should speak honestly to the citizens about what they want to do and convince them by good arguments that what they are doing is the correct course... For big changes, things that affect peoples' lives, talk with them and seek agreement that this is the way we ought to go. I think whenever we can we should spend extra time and try to achieve consensus rather than [have] just a small majority that leaves a bunch of people dissatisfied with either the process or the result."

KCDP Candidate Podcast #12 - John Nieuwenhuis

webmaster — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:34:12 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #12 - John Nieuwenhuis with host Martin Burch

"Little John" won the office of County Commissioner in Oshtemo by just 145 votes in his first bid. His accomplishments in his first term of office were to reform the discourse of the commission meetings to enhance voter participation, and oversight of the Solar Gardens project which he found was failing and wasting taxpayer money.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #11 - Richard Fuller

webmaster — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:14:31 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #11 - Richard Fuller with host Martin Burch

Richard Fuller talked about why he wants to be sheriff, his experience of 20 years in law enforcement and the programs he runs including the field training officers program, the meth amphetamine investigation unit, AED & CPR instruction, and Project Lifesaver. Richard focuses on the economic pressure put on the Sheriff's department in his campaign, as well as solutions to what he terms "breaking the chain of recidivism."

KCDP Candidate Podcast #10 - Jack Urban

webmaster — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:50:02 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #10 - Jack Urban with host Martin Burch

KCDP Candidate Podcast #9 - Robert Jones

webmaster — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:58:03 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #9 - Robert Jones with host Martin Burch

This is the longest podcast of ther series. We have tried to keep them at around 12 minutes long, but at every opportunity we thought we had to trim some out, he went and said something cool. In this podcast Robert Jones primarily discusses gas price and Michigan's economic development. He doesn't pull punches and comes right out of the corner swinging.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #8 - Michael Seals

webmaster — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:38:41 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #8 - Michael Seals with host Katie Houston

Michael discusses with us his bid for the 13th District County Commissioner. The 13th District includes Cooper Township, Alamo Township and Parchment. He's local to the community and is involved in a long list of community service organizations including the Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition where he was instrumental in preventing the EPA from dumping PCB's in Parchment. Seals is in support of capitalizing on the resources provided by the Kalamazoo river area and of renovation of the former paper mill sites.

KCDP Special Podcast #2 - Convention 08 with Mark Miller

webmaster — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:52:02 -0700

KCDP Special Podcast #1 - Convention 08 with Mark Miller and host Martin Burch

Mark Miller reports from the convention in Denver the day of the acceptance speech by Barack Obama.

KCDP Special Podcast #1 - Convention 08 with Ron Crowell

webmaster — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:33:42 -0700

KCDP Special Podcast #1 - Convention 08 with Ron Crowell and host Martin Burch

KCDP Candidate Podcast #7 - Patricia Crowley

webmaster — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:08:23 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #7 - Patricia Crowley with host Katie Houston

Pat talked to us about the office of Drain Commissioner, the duties and responsibilities. She said "we try to help the crops grow, keep the water clean, the wetlands wet and the basements dry." Pat has a long list of qualifications and credentials including a Ph.D. in Soil and Water Physics and 25 years of experience. Pat wants to be drain commissioner because "we haven't put the time and energy in resource management" and she feels ready to do that.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #6 - Michael Liepman

webmaster — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:38:09 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #6 - Michael Liepman with host Katie Houston

Dr Mike Liepman told us about the 14th district (the northeast corner). He was born in Kalamazoo county and lives in Richland. He's a doctor, a psychiatrist, and treats area drug addicts. He is married to Dr. Marcia Liepman, a popular cancer doctor in the community, and has three grown children, including one son who is a professor at EMU, another who is a chef in Ann Arbor and a strongman contestant, and a student at MSU. He has 400 orchids and lives on a farm with horses. You may recognize him from some local media reports about a recent tragedy in the area with a young person who died of a drug overdose.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #5 - E. Dorphine Payne

webmaster — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:55:18 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #5 - E. Dorphine Payne with host Kevin Wixson

KCDP Candidate Podcast #4 - Sheriff Primary Special

webmaster — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:47:08 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #4 - Sheriff Primary Special with host Martin Burch

This podcast is a candidate primary double feature - Ray Roberts and Richard Fuller, running for Sheriff. These two candidates are running against each other in the August 5th primary. Only one will represent the Democratic ticket on the November general election ballot.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #3: Phyllis Smith

webmaster — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:48:48 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #3: Phyllis Smith with host Katie Houston

We discussed Kalamazoo's 63rd district, where it is; her previous run for public office; United Food and Commercial Workers Local 951 (where Phyllis worked for 24 years); her motivation for running; fixed income and pension issues; her passion for health care and how lack of health insurance has affected people in her own life; action the state legislature can take to affect high gas prices; her bipartisan approach to the office of State Representative and her priorities for her first term of service, plus a Where's Waldo of strange environmental noises that are a biproduct of recording in the KCDP offices on Westnedge.

KCDP Candidate Podcast #2 - Thomas Post

webmaster — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:30:17 -0700

KCDP Candidate Podcast #2: Thomas Post with host Martin Burch

We discussed Disctrict 16 (it's the largest district by land, a quarter of the land area in Kalamazoo county,) Post's previous close race for the seat, Scott's Mill Park, Climax Crecent, Pride of Scotts, and how the corn steamed in an antique vertical boiler is a taste not to be missed.

KCDP Podcast Audio #1 - Martin Burch

webmaster — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:27:49 -0700

KCDP Podcast Audio #1: Martin Burch with host Kevin Wixson

This week's guest: Martin Burch, Campiagn Coordinator for the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party

Discussed Martin's position as a support person for county Democratic candidates; important local races such as Don Cooney, Julie Rogers, Phyllis Smith, Robert Jones, and others; the web site to use to find out if and where you are registered to vote, www.michigan.gov/vote; Martin's favorite voluteer opportunity, canvasing, and how walkers are hardly ever eaten by dogs anymore.