This week, Debi is joined by Councilwoman Jan Dubauskas, of Scottsdale City Council

Jan and Debi discuss the important work of city councils. City Councils across the country have enormous budgets and make decisions that greatly impact our daily lives..

Jan and Debi discuss some of the specific and often contentious decisions that city councils have to make. They also discuss what skillset and background lends itself to being a good councilmen. Jan shares some ways in which the public can be more involved in their cities and learn more about the ins and outs of city government. Finally, they discuss ways in which voters can research and vet candidates for these nonpartisan races.

To learn more or to get more involved in Scottsdale City government:

Scottsdale City Council https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/council
Government 101: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/city-government-101
Citizen's Police Academy: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/police/community-partnerships-and-programs/police-citizens-academy
Citizen's Water Academy: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/water/education/citizen-academy

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This week, Debi is joined by Matt Beieinberg, Director of Education Policy at Goldwater Institute

Matt and Debi discuss ballot initiatives and the various ways that they end up on your ballot. Arizona has unique laws related to ballot initiatives which make them nearly impossible to correct or remove. Because of this, far left organizations will spend millions of dollars to get radical initiatives on Arizona ballots and to deceive voters.

The rule of thumb for propositions should be to decline to sign these petitions unless groups you trust are promoting them, and to err on the side of voting no if you are uncertain about their effect.

Matt and Debi also discuss the state's nationally acclaimed ESA program and the wildly inaccurate and dishonest reporting that has been used to target this popular program. They discuss the current efforts to get an anti-ESA initiative on the ballot that would decimate the program and harm Arizona families.

To learn more about Goldwater Institute visit https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/

To learn more about how ESAs help Arizona families and why the program is worth protecting, visit https://azlovesesas.com/

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This week, Debi is joined by Erin Rathier, founder and director of Ignite Homeschool Ministries.

Debi and Erin discuss the many school choice options that families in Arizona currently have. Children's needs and the needs of individual families are not one size fits all, so school options should reflect those needs.

Debi and Erin discuss their own paths with homeschooling children and helping other homeschool families to thrive. ESA has been an important part of opening opportunities for families to homeschool or to choose private school. They discuss how public school and private or homeschool should not be competing with each other. The goal of all involved should be what is best for children.

They discuss the ballot initiative that is currently being circulated and how detrimental this would be to Arizona families if it were to get on the ballot and be passed into law. #DeclineToSign all ballot initiatives related to education.

Finally they talk about Ignite, where both Erin and Debi work and how needs are being met for homeschool families.

To learn more about Ignite Homeschool Ministries visit https://www.ignitehm.org/

To learn more about how ESAs help Arizona families and why the program is worth protecting, visit https://azlovesesas.com/

To Find out more about Dream City Church visit https://dreamcitychrch.us

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