{"id":1918,"date":"2013-11-07T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2013-11-07T16:05:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T16:05:59","slug":"abby-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/abby-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 86: Falmouth Forecaster Columnist and Contracts Specialist at Tyler Technologies Abby Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show:<\/strong>\u00a086
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday,\u00a0November 2
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Abby Diaz
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong> Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Forecaster columnist\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler Technologies\u00a0contracts specialist,\u00a0grew up in Falmouth, Maine. \u00a0Diaz moved away for college, attending Georgetown University in Washington D.C.\u00a0 She then went on to graduate with a degree from Cornell Law School.\u00a0\u00a0Diaz told Stevoe that getting a law degree seemed natural after earning her undergrad degree.\u00a0 Upon graduating Magna Cum Laude from Cornell, Diaz worked as a law clerk in a federal court for Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, in Newark, New Jersey.\u00a0 She was also an associate and a partner of the law firm, Kirkland & Ellis.<\/p>\n

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Steve Woods (left) host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe welcomed Falmouth Forecaster columnist and contracts specialist at Tyler Technologies, Inc. Abby Diaz (right)\u00a0into the studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

Diaz moved back to Maine a few years ago and began work as a Contract Specialist at Tyler Technologies, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0 At Tyler she uses her expertise as a lawyer and negotiates software and professional services contracts with municipalities across the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

Diaz is also a columnist for The Forecaster<\/a>.\u00a0 Diaz told Stevoe how when she moved back to Maine she wanted to expand the reach of her blog and went to The Forecaster. \u00a0She was offered a one-time column, a hit-or-miss chance to make it.\u00a0 She now writes\u00a0bi-weekly columns, titled \u201cAbby\u2019s Road\u201d, that reflect on the highs and lows of raising a family in southern Maine.\u00a0\u00a0 One of her most recent commentaries, \u201cGet ready to receive, because I\u2019m ready to serve\u201d<\/a> is a tongue-in-cheek article about running for office.\u00a0 She also writes a blog called \u201cWhat\u2019s Left Over\u201d<\/a>, where she shares her opinions and her sarcasm.<\/p>\n

As to the subject of politics, Diaz considers herself a casual but frustrated observer. \u00a0She doesn\u2019t participate in politics in any formal capacity, but she does try to generally stay abreast of current events and she has strong opinions on most of them.<\/p>\n

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Abby Diaz is a columnist for The Forecaster, as well as a Contracts Specialist at Tyler Technologies, Inc. She came by the TideSmart Talk with Stevoe studio recently to discuss her views on politics, and how her frustrations sometimes lead her to want to run for office and make a difference. Diaz also talked about her bi-weekly columns in The Forecaster and her blogs on www.whatsleftover.com. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}