http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Back_Room_Deal_Breaker.mp3 Kelly Hicks tells aout the backroom meeting that crushed her political idealism Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Back_Room_Deal_Breaker.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Back_Room_Deal_Breaker.mp3 <h4>Backroom Deal breaker</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/9bb8125d43ac2f8c427b6595f75d95c3" alt="Kelly Hicks" height="100" width="100" />Kelly Hicks</p><p>Kelly Hicks left her real estate job to work on a campaign for a local politician - someone she thought would make her town a better place to live. She was shocked when she learned he was in the back pocket of developers. For years afterwards, she didn't vote. Kelly talks to Dick about the backroom meeting that crushed her political idealism, and how she later recovered her faith in politics.</p><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:55:00