Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

‘Moundsville’ Film on PBS is the “Most American of Stories”

By Robin Johnson

Published February 18, 2022 at 1:34 PM CST

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John Miller, co-director of Moundsville, discusses his film about a small town in West Virginia, the town’s familiar story of factory closures and economic decline but also stories of renewal that provide hope for smaller towns throughout the Heartland.

Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

Robin Johnson

Robin A. Johnson is a governmental relations, public policy and political consultant. He is an expert on government reform issues and has consulted with numerous local governments on consolidation/merger, public-private partnerships and full-cost accounting of public services. Robin has also helped candidates win elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, state legislature, judiciary and local government. Robin served as a consultant to the Office of Statewide Performance Review in the Illinois Governor’s Office and is former director of the Illinois Center for Competitive Government, a partnership between the Illinois Comptroller’s Office and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Prior to that, he was Director of the Local Government Affairs Division of the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. Robin served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) in 1999-2000.

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