Price, Floyd 2012-10-30
This interview features Floyd Price, a current councilman in the Lubbock City council. In this interview Price discusses what it felt like entering the political arena, redistricting, city revitalization, and how to get young people involved in politics.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Floyd Price
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: October 30, 2012
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Daniel Sanchez
Length: 01:29:48
Abstract
Parents and the neighborhood he grew up in; Career in law enforcement; Gray areas in politics, legal and ethical issues; School districts, population, redrawing of districts, revitalization; Delegating competition of local businesses after revitalization; Lubbock gangs, gang growth, crackdown on gangs; Current projects, 34th street project; Cooperation between Texas Tech and the city of Lubbock for the future; Thought on the election of President Obama; Super PAC’s at the local and state level; His most memorable experiences on the council
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: access copy available in reading room
Transcript: Transcript available <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/362906>
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