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On our fourth episode, we talk about: News in Florida: The state legislature has a long history of taking money from the affordable housing fund. We need to make it clear to our representatives that we will not accept this any longer. Hillsborough County Closeup: Hillsborough County has a shocking lack of fire stations for the amount of people we have. This is a serious problem and the Hillsborough Fire Fighter's Union has sounded the alarm on more than one occasion. We have to make sure that our representatives make this a priority. Around the World/Nation: The Department of Education has wasted $1 Billion on charter school waste and fraud. It's more ridiculous than you might think. This is taxpayer money that could be going toward improving our public education and yet, it gets wasted instead. Our representatives support charter schools, but the more we look into the logistics of charter schools, the less we think they should. We need to tell them to stop wasting taxpayer money on charter schools and start putting it toward improving our public education. All About Science with Debbie: With the nationwide measles outbreak, vaccines have also gotten more attention. There is no cure for measles once you get it, but there is a way to prevent it from happening in the first place. There are so many misconceptions about vaccinations and we hope this information can help clear them up. Did You Know with Fran: Fran has been doing a series on voting and why it matters. In the last podcast, she talked why people don't think their vote matters. In this episode, Fran addresses the intimidating ballot and what voters can do to understand it better. And finally, we had a wonderful interview with Hud Richards, the past president of the South County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), about how we can prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. Unfortunately, we don't think about these things until it is too late. We have the opportunity right now to prepare.