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🗓️ 30 June 2025
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Why does local government matter?
I sat down with Camas City Council’s Leslie Lewallen to talk real leadership, family values, and how you can make a difference and be a catalyst for real change where you live. If you've ever wondered how to get involved or why your voice matters at the local level—this conversation will inspire and equip you.
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0:00.0 | Hey everybody. This is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. Today on the podcast, I am |
0:05.7 | joined by Leslie Llewellyn. She's a wife. She's a mom of four. She's a former prosecutor and a current |
0:11.3 | city council member. She also ran for Congress, just like I did, in Washington State's third |
0:17.1 | congressional district. Leslie and I become friends through Through all of these things, Leslie brings a |
0:22.0 | strong voice for personal responsibility, limited government, transparency, and government, and |
0:27.3 | common sense leadership. I'm going to dive into lots of issues with Leslie today, but one of the |
0:32.2 | main things we're going to touch on is the impact that you can have locally by getting involved in local politics. |
0:38.8 | We hear an awful lot about federal politics. |
0:41.3 | Certainly we hear about Congress and we hear about the Senate seats and obviously the |
0:45.5 | presidential races every four years. |
0:48.0 | But what's happening locally is determining the livability of our cities in every city across America. |
0:54.0 | Leslie has a lot to say about |
0:55.3 | that, and I think we're going to have a great conversation. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. Stick |
0:59.5 | around. I think you're going to be encouraged. Shout out to our sponsor, the Fun institute i love those guys check them out at |
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1:20.0 | thank you guys for tuning in today uh really happy that you're here before i jump into my |
1:25.9 | interview with my friend les, I want to remind |
1:28.4 | you, I've got a women's retreat coming up this fall. October 10th through the 12th, I will be in Twin |
1:33.8 | Rocks at the Friends Conference Center there. And you guys are going to love this event. It is called |
1:39.2 | Born for this. And I'm really trying to encourage a generation of women that you were literally |
1:43.6 | born for this time |
1:44.4 | in human history. You could have been born 100 years ago or 100 years from now, but God and his sovereignty |
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