164: with Kate Davidson, City Council Ward 2 candidate

Kate Davidson has spent 18 years in Eugene's second ward, being represented by Betty Taylor. Kate helped Betty win re-election in 2008, and now that the longest-held seat in Eugene history will have a new occupant in 2021, Kate is stepping up to run.

We chat about distributed energy (2:06), our three choices during climate chaos (4:26), privilege in Eugene (11:12), our age difference (14:05), establishment endorsements (18:38), Kate’s experience (20:29) fiscal responsibility (23:24), “treating posterity like dirt” (27:00), long-term thinking, communal living & Y2K (29:40), a Councilor Davidson priority (34:24), UBI and statewide ideas (38:37), founding Lane Library League and organizing in Creswell (41:12), home-schooling (48:55), the arts (52:35), human-centered economics (57:02), Biden & Bernie (1:03:34), Kate’s reading list (1:10:09), Kanye & other music (1:12:09), and more. The discussion is on video at https://youtu.be/IC4V72rHt1g. 

Check out Kate's impressive website at https://www.katedavidson.org.