<p>I just watched this 6.5 Minute TED Talk that pulls apart all the reasons that we become "disengaged" in the political process.<br />
I think he has hit the nail on the head - he left me feeling a faint ray of hope - that we can use our power as voters to push for reforms of all of his points.<br />
Please watch - only 6 minutes, and it gives us some answers and maybe a way forward !</p>

<h1>Fix Democracy, First</h1>

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Watch it on youtube here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMK4rbGJkNw&quot; target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMK4rbGJkNw

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<h1>Supporting Materials</h1>

<h3>For the presentation by Carla Miller at the "<u>Unrig the System</u>" Summit in New orleans:</h3>

<p>Seminar Title: <strong>Unrigging Local Politics: What to Do and How to Do It</strong><br />
Sat Feb 3, 2018,  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM</p>

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<h2>Brief Bio:</h2><BR>

<p><img alt="Don McClintock" src="files/DRM-Square-2011-02-27.JPG" /></p>

<h2>Executive Director, CityEthics.org</h2>

<p>Mr McClintock has created the website <a href="http://cityethics.org">www.cityethics.org</a&gt; as the basis for City Ethics Inc. - a non-profit established with the goal of making it easier to establish effective ethics programs in Cities and Counties Internationally.</p>

<p><strong>Carla was interviewed for this article last week:</strong></p>

<p><span><a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/news/lobbying-is-completely-unregulated-…; target="_blank">Lobbying is completely unregulated in most SC cities, leaving room for possible corruption</a></span></p>

<p>We are seeing the first detailed evidence of the tampering that went on during the 2016 campaign for U.S. President.  This is a whole new category of "nasty" that allows people without scruples to feed false information into the mix without any transparency.  In this article, the NY Times lays out a host of Facebook and Twitter advertising that was purchased (estimated at $100,000 in paid advertising) but sources were never  revealed - as you might expect.</p>

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<p>We will use this page to provide session notes from recent sessions that we have participated in.</p>

<p>City Ethics was in its infancy stage in the early 2000's when I got a letter in the mail. (Yes, an actual handwritten letter.)   "Do you need any help with research?" asked Rob.  "Yes", was the immediate answer and the beginning of a wonderful partnership and friendship with Rob. His first project was the compilation of municipal ethics codes with the view towards synthesizing them into a Model Code.  Not too many people could confront doing such an enormous project, but he did it.