Annie Jansen talks to Hunter George, the Mayor of Fircrest, about what’s happening with Tacoma’s closest neighbor, including an upcoming EMS levy. Links Channel 253 membership https://channel253.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/citizentacoma/CTHunter073120PLUmast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Good news! Annie Jansen and Megan Holyoke are pinch hitting on Citizen Tacoma during this election season. For their first episode, they are joined by Auditor Julie Anderson, who talks about how the work of…
Whether you’ve shopped around for a therapist in a moment of crisis only to find that none in Tacoma are taking new clients, or have struggled to get a family member a bed in a…
Kristin Ang was pretty much a total political unknown when she decided on the Friday of filing week in 2017 that she was going to run for Port of Tacoma commission. She was and still…
It’s almost time to vote! If you’re a voter in Tacoma, you probably already have your ballot (they’re due Nov. 5, btw). But before you fill it out, listen to our final three candidate episodes…
Lisa Keating was our first interview this year with a school board candidate this year (and our only one with someone with purple hair!). Keating, who founded and heads an organization that advocates for LGBT…
Conor McCarthy, Tacoma’s deputy mayor, is running for re-election to the City Council.He’s pointing to his ability to secure funding for opioid treatment, public safety, homelessness, and environmental testing as he tries to win a…
In Citizen Tacoma’s continuing series of 2019 candidate interviews, we bring you a conversation with Courtney Love.No, not the Courtney Love who’s a fixture of 90’s alternative rock and so, so many supermarket tabloids.This is…
In our latest candidate episode, we chatted with Nathe Lawver, who’s running for Tacoma City Council District 1 (the North and West End). We hit on all the usual Tacoma hot topics (affordable housing! Potholes!),…
We’re deep in our election interviews, y’all. In this episode we sat down with John Hines, who’s running for District 1 (the North and West End) for the second time. John is a longtime educator…
