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City Councilman Jermaine Reed Reflects On First Year

KCUR | By Susan B. Wilson

Published April 2, 2012 at 12:50 PM CDT

Kansas City’s Third District faces multiple challenges — a 14 percent unemployment rate, crime and the highest poverty rate in the city. Last year, Jermaine Reed was elected to represent the Third District. He's the youngest councilman ever to serve on the City Council. Enthusiastic supporters said Reed represented fresh ideas and a youth perspective.

But before long, he was criticized for being politically naïve and inexperienced, launching a recall effort that was eventually abandoned.

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A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”

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