Spectrum

Some of you love politics… But, don’t you get really tired of all the partisan wrangling, name-calling and finger pointing by our politicians? The two parties usually can’t agree on the day of the week and the nastiness of their verbal exchanges is at an all-time high. One result of this political vitriol is that little gets done in Congress and in many state legislatures and our trust in public figures is plummeting. However, one retired politician is trying to erase the nastiness and re-establish CIVILITY in our public debate. Ted Celeste is a former state representative from Ohio. He served in the Ohio General Assembly from 2007 to 2012. But, he’s now director of State Programs for the National Institute for Civil Discourse – a non-partisan center for advocacy, research and policy. He leads the next generation project and travels the country doing legislative training called “Building Trust through Civil Discourse.” He has traveled to 22 different states trying to train state legislators and thei