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Somebodys Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Wont Save the Nation, but Your Name on a Local Ballot Can Audiobook, by Adrienne Martini Play Audiobook Sample

Somebody's Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won't Save the Nation, but Your Name on a Local Ballot Can Audiobook

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Read By: Adrienne Martini Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2020 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781980083405

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

23

Longest Chapter Length:

39:57 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

24 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

19:22 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Somebody's Gotta Do It is a humorous (and instructive) memoir about a progressive woman who runs for very small-town elected office in a red countyand wins (yay!)and then realizes the critical importance of the job. Back in the fall of 2016, before casting her vote for Hillary Clinton, Adrienne Martini, a knitter, a runner, a mom, and a resident of rural Otsego County in snowy upstate New York, knew who her Senators were, wasnt too sure who her Congressman was, and had only vague inklings about who her state reps were. Shes always thought of politicians as . . . oily. Then she spent election night curled in bed, texting her husband, who was at work, unable to stop shaking. And after the presidential inauguration, she reached out to Dave, a friend of a friend, who was involved in the Otsego County Democratic Party. Maybe she could help out with phone calls or fundraising? But Daves idea was: she should run for office. Someone had to do it. And so, in the year that 26,000 women (up from 920 the year before) contacted Emilys List about running for offices large and small, Adrienne Martini ran for the District 12 seat on the Otsego County Board. And became one of the 14 delegates who collectively serve one rural American county, overseeing a budget of $130 million. Highway repair? Soil and water conservation? Child safety? Want wifi? Need a coroner? It turns out, local office matters. A lot.

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About Adrienne Martini

Adrienne Martini is the current representative for District 12 to the Otsego County Board of Representatives. She’s also an award-winning journalist who’s written for Cooking Light and the Washington Post, among other publications, and the author of Hillbilly Gothic and Sweater Quest. When not wearing her county government hat, she works for SUNY Oneonta in the alumni office. She lives in Oneonta, New York, with her husband, two kids, two cats, and two dogs.