This week GovLove talked to a panel of California local government administrators about one of the hottest current policy topics, minimum wage. The episode covered everything from dealing outreach and engagement to enforcement and implementation. Panelists also brought up how each of their elected bodies felt passionate about raising the minimum wage and committing to … Continued
Join us for a live interview with Michael Karlik, creator of the City Council Chronicles website on Friday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m/EST and 8:00 a.m./PST. We’ll record the interview for a future GovLove podcast. Michael Karlik (Twitter) is a writer and stand-up comedian who often travels between his home in Denver and New York … Continued
Kent Wyatt is joined this week by Brian Ligon from Round Rock, TX and Scott McDonell from Dane County, WI. These two are the brains behind Ron Pitchman and Chad Vader, the stars of two of the most creative local government videos we’ve seen. They discuss local government communication and finding creative ways to get … Continued
We’ve heard from many of you that GovLove has become your go-to podcast each Friday when it’s published. in 2016, GovLove was named one of the 10 Game-Changing Podcasts for Government Workers and nominated for government podcast of the year. Now, we want to find out who YOU want to hear from on upcoming episodes of … Continued
Milwaukie, Oregon Finance Director Casey Camors has very strong opinions in support of biennial budgeting. And Canby, Oregon Finance Director Haley Fish has very strong opinions in support of annual budgeting. What happens when you put the two of them on a podcast? Smackdown! Learn the pros and cons of these two approaches to local … Continued
Clackamas County, OR Finance Director and incoming GFOA President, Marc Gonzales, joins us this week. Marc discussed everything from how he got into local government accounting to joining GFOA and seeing Bruce Springsteen in concert. Connect with Marc: LinkedIn Bio Marc Gonzales has been Chief Financial Officer for Clackamas County and several of its … Continued
What’s it like to manage a parks system for over 8.5 million people? For this week’s episode we sat down with New York City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mitchell Silver. He’s a planner with over 30 years of experience and took the helm of the big apple’s parks system in 2014 after serving as the … Continued
Note: This was our first edition of ELGL Live! which caused minor audio issues for the podcast recording. The 4-1-1 on Jon Jon Stehle is a candidate for city council in Fairfax, VA. He is currently the chairman of the City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. In that role, Jon is also serving … Continued
This week we sit down with Professor Philip Joyce from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. He recently wrote an article for Governing Magazine on what governments at every level need to do to attract millennials to the sector. We go through his five recommendations and explore how to make those changes. … Continued
Intern takeover! The Oregon local government fellows, Roger Gonzalez and Mark Yager take the reigns on this week’s episode. They chatted with Hillsboro, OR City Manager Michael Brown on everything from his hatred of email and why he plays with fruit to attracting businesses and engaging youth. Supplemental Reading The Next, Next Generation: City … Continued
