Okay, we are live. Hi, this is William Ramsey. Welcome to William Ramsey Investigates on tonight show of a very special guest. His name is David A. Coe C-O-V-E-Y. And he's just published a book, very timely, important book, I would say, considering the current political situation in the United States. And the title of the book is hometown politics. And it kind of goes into

detail about how important it is for people to get involved, really at the grassroots,

really at kind of down-to-earth local government. But he can talk more about that. So David A.

Covey, are you there? Hello, Bill. Thank you very much.

Glad to be here with you.

Awesome.

Well, thanks for agreeing to the interview.

This is your first book.

Can you talk about your background and what led you to write hometown politics?

Yes, I've been involved in politics for over a decade.

And the more and more I've paid attention to it the more I've seen that

there's a fascination with the federal government and with what's happening at

the White House but that's not necessarily what happens at an impact what

happens at my house and so hometown politics back to the basics is about getting to the things that

impact me as an American as a Texan in this case and and how do I make a difference

and so my background is that I started at a young age and came up worked my way

through the political system as a precinct chair,

and then as a county chair, and then as the state executive committee man for one of the major

parties. And doing that, I have traveled around my state and have seen so much of what people are experiencing and how they

just don't have the fundamental knowledge to make a difference. So we can we can yell at the TV.

We can we can listen to these news stories and become angry and and have this momentary engagement,

but that often fizzles away.

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