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#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Cheryl Butler Office Sought: Utah House District 53 Issue: Today - that issue is responding to COVID19 I support the stabilization efforts underway in Summit County - staying home, wearing a mask when I'm out in public, and avoiding visiting my elderly parents. It can be difficult and frustrating. I am greatly saddened by the enormous loss of...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jennifer Dailey-Provost Office Held: Utah House of Representatives Office Sought: Utah House of Representatives Issue: The issue that is helping my community is the coronavirus pandemic. There is a lot of activity from state, government, and business leaders in trying to address the rising public health and economic catastrophes. I want to dis...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Carol Spackman Moss Office Held: State Representative Office Sought: State Representative Issue: Good public schools. I spent most of my life as an educator in the community I represent, my daughter teaches at Skyline, where many of my constituents’ children attend. My community expects me to be an advocate for our public schools and frequentl...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Sherwood (Woodie) Neiss Issue: Access to capital. I have a vested interest in the success of the JOBS Act. We need more eyes, ears and dollars focused on small businesses. Bio: Mr. Sherwood Neiss co-authored the “Crowdfunding Exemption Framework” which became the basis of Title III of the U.S. JOBS Act to legalize equity and lending-based crow...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Kiyan Banuri Issue: The most issue that is most important to my community is the compounding effects of the COVID-19 pandemic during Ramadan, as well as Islamaphobic rhetoric posited by public officials during the pandemic. As a Muslim, and an active member of the Muslim community, the cessation of congregations--praying at Mosque, reading the...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Philippe Cousteau Issue: Environment. We are all suffering as our climate changes, our ocean health declines and the war on science continues to make us less healthy, less resilient and less sustainable. We need to recognize that the war on science must stop and that we must build a sustainable society. This pandemic is an opportunity to accel...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Scott N. Howell Office Held: Utah State Senate Issue: Healthcare and Education. I am concerned about my grandchildren receiving the best healthcare and education. Making sure healthcare if affordable. Providing the best quality education. Bio: Scott N. Howell currently is a consultant providing government relations consulting to businesses and...

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#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Karina Brown Office Held: City of Nibley Planning Commissioner Office Sought: Lt. Governor Issue: Healthcare Access - Medicaid Expansion is available for people in need. Complete expansion up the 138% of the poverty level went into effect 1/1/20. I was one of the five signatories or sponsors of Proposition 3 to expand Medicaid. I became intere...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Priyanka Bakaya Bio: Priyanka Bakaya is Renewlogy’s CEO and is an entrepreneurial environmental leader. Bakaya worked in the energy research sector and in electronic waste, which led to her researching plastic waste technologies during her time at MIT. Bakaya also worked in venture capital on start-up financing for Silicon Valley firms Accel P...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jamie Cheek Office Sought: Utah's 1st Congressional District Issue: Healthcare. Everyday I see people who can't afford or access healthcare. Growing up my family was on Medicaid. Growing up in a small town, my mother hated using it because "everybody knew everybody." I honestly believe this is why she delayed getting healthcare for herself whe...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jared Anderson Office Sought: Utah 3rd Congressional District Issue: Poverty Better monetary income is an idea to bring hope back into the lives of the American people. I’d equate it to what the G.I. Bill was after the 2nd World War. I support it wholeheartedly. Bio: Jared is a father, husband, student, and progressive. He is currently writing...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jazmin May Issue: Immigration and Education. I am a DACA recipient. We need to find a pathway for Dreamers and their parents to obtain citizenship and grant us equal opportunity in this country. Bio: Jazmin May has a passion for community work and advocacy. She believe that every member of the community has a right to access the resources they...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe Issue: Currently I would guess the spread and impact of Covid19 infections and the impact on our lives and the devastating impact on our economy and all that flows from that. Also what will life be like post our country lockdown. Mainly just socially and the curtailment of ones ability to move around at will and as we know...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Lynette Wendel Office Sought: Utah House of Rep., Dist 39 Issue: Currently, the effects of COVID 19, schools, jobs, healthcare. Because of my community networks and commitment to service, I am utilizing my relationships and skills to support one to one connections in our district. We are connecting those who can to those who need assistance. T...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Greg Skordas Office Sought: Attorney General Issue: Utahn's voted to expand medicaid in 2018 and the legislature overturned that vote by the people, and the Attorney General just stood by and didn't protect the peoples voice. The Attorney General should be the attorney for the people of Utah, not special interests and big donors. Bio: I’m Greg...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Chris Peterson Office Sought: Utah Governor Issue: Chris Peterson has spent his career fighting for working families. A professor of business law at the University of Utah, he has worked tirelessly to help industry to improve the lives of their employees and customers. When our neighbors were losing their homes and the economy was crashing bef...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Shannon Miller Cox Issue: Trauma (ACE) Responsive and Informed Services I am a survivor but I have white privilege, I come from having every opportunity to pick myself up and thrive! Private insurance, safe supportive family, never falling so far down that I suffered for very long. My women don't have this experience! We need to recognize the...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Heidi Totten Issue: Helping solve global hunger through economic development and self-reliance. I work with families that live below the poverty line in Kenya. It's quite ridiculous that we live in a world where people go hungry. Period. Bio: Heidi Totten is an eclectic wife and mother of two relatively normal children. She spent her early car...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Howard Leonhardt Bio: Inventor with 21 Issued U.S. patents and dozens more pending mostly focused on organ repair and regeneration. Invented leading stent graft system and first percutaneous heart valve. Led team to complete first ever in man non-surgical repair of an aneurysm and first stem cell repair of a heart. Founder of over 33 startups....

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Isaac Nuttall. Issue: Making government more of, for, and by the people (i.e Campaign Finance Reform, Improving Voter Participation, etc.) I see many people at my school (Timpanogos), and community abroad, who are affected heavily by voter apathy, seeing no feasible way to improve politics at all level. This has led to depressingly low voter t...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Wendy Davis Office Sought: Utah House District 45 Issue: So many...but I'll go with affordable, liveable communities My own kids are looking for affordable housing and finding it challenging to find it. They are also challenged to find jobs with adequate wages that lead them to economic prosperity. We need to work collectively to provide optio...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Nate Blouin Issue: Expanding regional markets for continued growth of renewable energy. Utah is still largely dependent on coal for electricity. Coal is becoming uneconomic and has always been a large source of pollution. As an outdoor athlete, burning fossil fuels is dangerous to my health through reduced air quality and endangers everyone al...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Jeff Silvestrini Office Held: Mayor of Millcreek Issue: Growth and redevelopment Bio: I am the best mayor Millcreek, Utah, has ever had—and also its worst! As the first and only mayor of this city of 63,000, settled in 1848 but not incorporated until 2017, I have had the rare opportunity to create a city government from scratch. Millcreek is a...

#plugintodevin Show - Devin Thorpe for Congress Guest: Misty Frost Issue: I think our community of learners is really focused on the impact to healthcare workers and what that means for their future job prospects. I've always been passionate about giving people opportunities to improve their economic state. With the pandemic, and it's impact on our healthcare system, it's becoming clear that there...