Jennifer Brunner

Endorsements that don’t matter in Montgomery County

While I grew up believing voting was one of the most important things I could do to be an American, it’s elections like this that make a case for giving up on democracy. Now, that question about “being an American” is very real to me, both my parents were born outside the US and citizenship Read More

Another almost meaningless election day- Vote anyway

Because running for office has become prohibitively expensive, because our two major political parties have succeeded in stifling third-party options for so long and because even our “primary” system forces us to reduce the number of choices down to a minimum- elections like this are largely pointless and about as undemocratic as they come. Independent Read More

AP Government class at Thurgood Marshall High School

“Why are you recording this” comes out about half-way through this podcast. The answer: I believe that people who run for office should be transparent- and accessible. I believe that people who want to learn about a candidate, should be able to go online and read first hand what the candidate is thinking, saying or Read More

Jennifer Brunner- another hero for the people

The people who no longer work at the GM Truck plant in Dayton can’t afford to fund a $25 million dollar campaign for a job that pays around $180K a year with a sweet health care plan and a great retirement program- nope, they are trying to keep their homes. The people that ran their Read More

Let’s all use Husted logic in the next election

I’ve heard it a million times, I work in the city, I pay city taxes, yet I have no say in what goes on because I don’t live in the city. Well, for those of you who own property within the city, with paid utilities, there is great news, you can now use the “Husted Read More