Episode 25: Millennial Mayor

Episode 25: Millennial Mayor Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.We are a show about local politics that aims to get more people engaged in local issues.Today I am here with Amber Sosa & Christopher Rose to discuss Mattie Parker, Betsy Price, Deborah Peoples and our new city council. We begin with an impromptu conversation about the complex and byzantine process of changing one's name, (0:45 - 7:00) then we get into Betsy running for County Judge and Mattie Parker’s swearing in. All of the resources used will be provided below in the show notes.This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. You can sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues at our website www.justicereformleague.orgFeel free to contact us if you have any episode ideas or additional information on any of the candidates on Twitter at @FWReview and at [email protected] .Music by Anthony Sosa Newsletter Signup: https://justicereformleague.substack.com/ Tarrant County Commissioners Courthttp://access.tarrantcounty.com/en/commissioners-court.htmlPrice Versus Peoples Rematch for Tarrant County Judge?https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/price-versus-peoples-rematch-for-tarrant-county-judge/2658649/Outgoing Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price to run for Tarrant County Judgehttps://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/elections/fort-worth-mayor-betsy-price-to-run-for-tarrant-county-judge/287-a0e565e6-1ca5-427c-933f-299b4dae7984Mattie Parker Swearing In Video - Jabari Shakurhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj94xHJBefM Swearing-in Ceremony Launches Fort Worth’s Youngest and Most Diverse City Council Everhttps://www.fwweekly.com/2021/06/16/swearing-in-ceremony-launches-fort-worths-youngest-and-most-diverse-city-council-ever/‘It’s go-time in Fort Worth’: Mattie Parker sworn in as youngest mayor of any major US cityhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/e2-80-98it-e2-80-99s-go-time-in-fort-worth-e2-80-99-mattie-parker-sworn-in-as-youngest-mayor-of-any-major-us-city/ar-AAL5d3o In Fort Worth, A New Generation Of Leaders Wants To Unify The Cityhttps://www.texasstandard.org/stories/in-fort-worth-a-new-generation-of-leaders-wants-to-unify-the-city/ Joe Biden gets down on one knee to welcome ‘grandmother of Juneteenth’ to White House as law is passedhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-juneteenth-white-house-opal-lee-b1868326.html