Joe Motil, Columbus Mayoral Candidate 2023
Carolyn Harding with Joe Motil, Columbus Ohio Mayoral candidate for the November 7, 2023.\nJoe Motil was born the 7th of 11 children and grew up in the Columbus Clintonville neighborhood. He graduated from Bishop Watterson High School, attended Youngstown State University where he played college basketball, and in his 20\u2019s, aspired to be a professional jazz musician.\nMarried for 37 years, he raised two children while working in the commercial construction industry as a union Laborer of Local 423 for 24 years, and worked as a construction safety professional before retiring.\nSince 1995, Joe ran for City Council and State Representative, and has been active in citizen driven ballot initiatives on voting rights, tax levies, and development projects that negatively impacted the environment. He fights structural racism, and advocates for our unsheltered, for police reform/community policing, for historic preservation, for creating affordable housing, parkland protection, and for strengthening public education through his long-standing fight against the city\u2019s tax abatement policy.\nYour website states you are the \u201cPeople\u2019s Mayor\u201d and your Facebook page calls you the \u201cMayor of the People and for the People\u201d. \nIf you are elected in less than three weeks, what\u2019s the first action you will do as Mayor for the People of Columbus?\njoemotil.com\nGrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 91.9FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,\nSundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and \nSundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.\nFace Book: www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\nInstagram:\nwww.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/\nAll shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! @user-42674753\nApple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085\nYouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/\nIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8\nThere's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!