Gary Talks With Bill Goodness: Redistricting Cost His Seat

Gary Talks With Bill Goodness: Redistricting Cost His Seat

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Gary W. Morgan (GabbyGary)

GARYVIDEOS – Looking Back On My Life, I remember conducting a videotaped conversation with former Wood County, WI Board Chairman Bill Goodness for the Public Access Channel in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The interview took place after my year 2000 retirement from my News Anchor-Reporter position at WFHR Radio. The VHS tape recording has now been transferred to digital for viewing on computers, tablets, laptops, and wireless smartphones. Topics included how redistricting following the 2000 Census resulted in seasoned county board members, including Bill Goodness, losing their seats. The redrawn borders moved the homes of several supervisors, forcing them to run against each other. This is from the year 2002.

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Gary Talks State Budget With Republican MaryAnn Lippert

Gary Talks State Budget With Republican MaryAnn Lippert

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Gary W. Morgan (GabbyGary)

GARYVIDEOS – The second episode of a video talk show featuring host Gary W. Morgan, a retired broadcast radio news anchor-reporter, and various guests. This episode became available at the authentic McStreamy Video Channel on YouTube, June 12, 2020, and on this page at the Garytalk.com website. Gary Morgan originally produced this series of programs for the River Cities Public Access Cable Channel, Wisconsin Rapids, WI after retiring from a radio news position in the year 2000 culminating a lengthy career in radio and newspaper news gathering and editing at several locations around the State of Wisconsin, including the past decade at WFHR-AM in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

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Gary Talks With Legendary State Democrat Marlin Schneider

Gary Talks With Legendary State Democrat Marlin Schneider

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Gary W. Morgan (GabbyGary)

GARYVIDEOS – There once was a wise state politician who was good enough to get re-elected umpteen times from 1970 to 2010. His name, Marlin Schneider, a wise man among politicians who started as an educator turned politician after teaching high school in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Marlin, born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, became a young teacher not too long out of college before getting the bug to run for a chance to be elected to represent the 72nd Assembly District in the Wisconsin State Capital. We talk about many subjects in this cable tv show which was originally seen in 2002.

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Former Congressman Dave Obey is An Octogenarian.

Former Congressman Dave Obey is An Octogenarian.

GARYTALK.COM – David Obey celebrated his 80th birthday October 3rd, 2018. For those of you who may not remember Dave, he was a United States Congressman, representing the Wisconsin 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2011. Obey (OH-Bee) was preceded by Melvin Laird, who resigned to take on the responsibility of Secretary of Defense in the Nixon administration. Prior to becoming a Congressman, Obey was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1963 and served there until 1969 when Laird took on the Secretary of Defense job. Obey’s work ethic and political ideals impressed me enough to influence my decision to try the political arena, myself, for a brief time.

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