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Today on Listen Up East Coast, host Louis Biondolillo focuses on Englewood, New Jersey. Mayor Michael Wildes, Esq. speaks about what he has done for the City this year and, later, Ainsworth Minott tells us about his confrontation with the Englewood PD, the Mayor, and more.

Michael Jay Wildes is an immigration lawyer and politician who serves as the 38th and current Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. He previously served as the 36th Mayor of Englewood from 2004 to 2010, and was a City Councilman prior to that.

He is also an emigration attorney,a former Federal Prosecutor (EDNY, 1989-1993) and Auxiliary Police Officer (NYPD, 1982-1992), an author and co-author with his father.

He helped several high profile clients with immigraiton matters, including the President's wife Melania Trump and her parents in their emigration needs.

Links:

• Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School Law, NYC
• Wikipedia
• Author: Safe Haven in America: Battles to Open the Golden Door
• City of Englewood

You can connect with Mayor Michael Wildes, Esq. here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildesforMayor/

Twitter: @Michael_Wildes

IG: https://www.instagram.com/michaeljwildes/

Ainsworth Minott is an Englewood, NJ resident and local BLM activist, community organizer and leader. He has been organizing regular BLM marches every Saturday in Englewood, NJ since the death of George Flyod this summer. On October 24th, 2020 what started with an approximately 10-15 people BLM march at Mackay Park, in Englewood NJ, ended up with four arrests. The heavy police presence, not only from Englewood PD, but outside PD such as the Sheriff's Department, outnumbering the people at this event, and the arrests that followed left Englewood, NJ residents in shock, and questioning this excessive force by the people that have sworn ‘to protect and serve.'

Links:

• Go fund me for legal fees
• WeekenderNJ article

You can connect with him here:

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/minottathletics/ and https://www.instagram.com/healtheworld1238/
• Twitter: @minottathletics

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In this episode Louis got to speak with Journalist, Community Organizer, Advocate, Editor and Co-Founder Charlie Kratovil - about who he is and his future plans on running for office among other exciting topics.

Since graduating from Rutgers, Charlie has started successful newspapers in New Brunswick and Paterson. He is currently the Editor of New Brunswick Today, a position he has held for over nine years. Charlie ran for Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Chair and Vice Chair of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization, helped undercover corruption and won awards for his work at the newspaper, and recently took on a more formal role as NJ Canvass Director for the Food & Water Watch - New Jersey . He gets to call New Brunswick, NJ home and is working hard to make his community a better place to live.

Links:

Charlie for Change: https://charlie4change.com/

New Brunswick Today - https://newbrunswicktoday.com/

Food & Water Watch - New Jersey: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/

Charlie Kratovil Candidacy for Chair and Vice Chair of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization:

Charlie Kratovil Candidacy for Mayor of New Brunswick: https://newbrunswicktoday.com/2018/06/19/charlie-kratovil-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-brunswick/

OPRA Machine: https://opramachine.com/

Follow Charlie on Twitter or on Facebook.

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Louis sat down with activist entrepreneur Adriel Hampton and his campaign policy director, Lauren Nicole to discuss his 2022 run for Governor of California, in an effort to expose the dangers of Facebook's ad policies, and to catch us up on what they have been up to. This episode is thought provoking, educational, and one interview you don’t want to miss.

Adriel is a digital media, fundraising, and organizing entrepreneur and strategist for political campaigns. He runs a digital agency in San Francisco, California - The Adriel Hampton Group, and the progressive PAC The Really Online Lefty League. Adriel co-founded the analytics startup Pinpoint Predictive, the podcast Gov 2.0 Radio, and the progressive Facebook community Really American, and was an early member of the organizing software company NationBuilder. In 2009, Adriel became the first person to launch a Congressional candidate via Twitter.

Lauren Nicole, is a Psychologist, universal housing advocate, and policy director at #Adriel2022. She has a whole policy brief on how the Governor Gavin Newsom could be responding to COVID-19.

Links:

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriel_Hampton

The Adriel Hamption Group - Digital Strategy and Advertising

https://adrielhampton.com/

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