TINA RUSSELL FOR WV HOUSE IN THE 27 TH DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA

About Me
I am a proud West Virginian who has lived here for over 40 years. I have lived in Mercer County for over 25 years. I served 9 years in the United States Army. I also served a tour in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. I was a social worker in Mercer County for over 25 years, and also facilitated addiction recovery group classes and other addiction recovery related case management programs for 4 years. I also have worked with children with special needs and assisted families with getting assistance to care for children that have been placed in their home due to neglect or abuse. I am currently a teacher and have been for over 4 years. Above all, I consider myself an advocate for all those who are simply trying to make a living wage, care for the families, and have access to affordable healthcare.

So what will I fight for?
 An increase in the minimum wage
 Funding for Long Term Residential Drug Treatment Programs for people struggling with
frequent relapses of opioid addiction.
 Funding for more wraparound services for parents struggling with opioid addiction that
could aid them with more supportive and addiction recovery services that may reduce the
need for an out of home placement for their children.
 More funding for better wages for school personnel and teachers, and for more mental
health counselors, social workers, nurses, and school aids in the public education school
system.
 Increased funding for rural roads
 Restore funding for Nursing Home care for Veterans

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TINA RUSSELL FOR WV HOUSE IN THE 27 TH DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA

In the 2000s Sam found out a very good friend needed rescuing from a bully so he spent 2+ years full-time studying Cluster B mental disorders to help defeat the sociopath. After, he discovered that he had accidentally became an expert on the subject and types of abuse incurred by so many victims like his friend.   

After his friend was rescued, he started a lifetime project book to explain America to his European friends and also explain so many unanswered questions about American politics, business, failing institutions etc.   

His book is the happy result of merging America's issues with psychology and is an updated version & homage to Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", Mark Twain's "Gilded Age", Machiavelli's "The Prince" & further explains Orwell's 1984. Most other books about America explain the "who", "when" & "where" but this book answers the WHY & HOW stupidity, greed, authoritarianism, lies, evil & Trumpism all come from the same source.  What makes his perspective fairly unique is he observes the behaviors from the outside but still very close-up and since he’s not in the psych profession, he is more free to say things people in the profession can’t or won’t say. 

Link to Book on Amazon Kindle: 
https://www.amazon.com/Are-All-Americans-Stupid-Authoritarianism-ebook/dp/B07HNQYCNY/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=are+all+americans+stupid&qid=1565765349&s=books&sr=1-2

Interview with Sam Ray, Author of "Are All Americans Stupid":  BIHH The Podcast

Show Description:  
"She was doing everything I was doing," Obama said of Hillary Clinton in 2008, "but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels."

It's hard being a woman in the 21st Century.  Hard to be heard, hard to be seen and hard to be treated equally.   It's even harder to do it all backwards and in high heels.   Each Wednesday, join L. Renee', 4x published author, Creator of  #DemWords column on DemWritePress and longtime community activist,  joined by her co-host, Jenny Gattone, Published Author and former staff writer on the web series "Southern Dish," as they interview extraordinary women in politics and the community.  Learn how as women, we can get involved in the issues that affect our daily lives, and eventually, impact positive change.  If you have been searching for a community to sink your heels into, learn from, grow with, and support, then you have come to the right place.  No woman left behind!

Backwards & In High Heels