It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics.
John Ridener
Open Data Community Liaison – County of San Mateo, CA
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California stereotypes
- Wearing a tie means you’re trying too hard
- Voluntary dietary needs are difficult to accommodate
- Everyone lives by the ocean
- Interstates have two names depending on where you are in the state and this seems to be very important
San Mateo attractions
- Moss Beach Distillery
- Pescadero
- Facebook HQ
- Flintstone house
Websites
- San Mateo County’s Open Data Portal (of course)
- YouTube (based in San Bruno!)
- xkcd.com
- . . . ELGL.org
Dinner guests
- Laozi
- Michel Foucault
- David Graeber
- Michelle Alexander
Halloween candy
- Full size Snickers from the nice family down the street
- Mary Janes (aka “mystery chews from old people”)
- Fun size Butterfinger
- Any size peanut butter cups
Supplemental Reading
- San Mateo County Open Data Policy
- 20 Open Gov Leaders You Need to Know – StateScoop
- Case study: San Mateo, California — Metro Ideas Project
Previously
- Holly Karg, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- Kristen Smith, UNC School of Government
- Sarah Martin-Anderson, City of Kansas City, MO
- Timothy Martin, City of Roanoke, VA
- Aaron Hufford, City of Hamilton, OH
- Matt Yager, City of Plano, Texas
- Greg Stopka, Park District of Oak Park
- Doug Barrick, Town of Rutherfordton, NC
- Maia Knox, City of Issaquah, WA
- Lori Karaguezian, Orange County Sanitation District
- Courtney Kashima, Muse Community + Design
- Ande Banks, City of Harrisonburg, VA
- Tristin Terhune, City of Bel Aire, Kansas
- Michael Walters Young, City of Franklin, TN
- Leeanne Singleton, City of Hermosa Beach, CA
- Aaron Zavala, City of Mesquite, Texas