The Guardian Quotes Pruitt on Rural Governance and Political Polarization
In a story about political upheaval in rural far Northern California and severe federal budget cuts, The Guardian spoke to RSS Member Lisa R. Pruitt. The piece explores how shifts in local governance, fueled by partisan tension and disinformation, are affecting rural communities. Pruitt also speaks to disproportionate rural reliance on federal funding streams.
“These cuts may, in fact, hurt rural communities harder because they just don’t have their tax bases. Their bandwidth for providing all sorts of services is just much weaker to begin with, and that makes them more reliant on federal monies.”—Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis