It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics.
Michael Walters Young
Budget & Strategic Innovation Manager at City of Franklin Tennessee
Connect: LinkedIn
City Departments
Trick Question (as any person trained as a manager knows, they are ALL my favorites)
Snacks
- Gin & Tonic
- Good Sharp Cheddar (biased towards Tillamook)
- Smoked Salmon
- Cheese Balls (The pre-processed kind – you know, that get your fingers covered in cheese…dust…I guess? I LOVE those!)
Office Pet Peeves
- Bad Management
- Bullies
- Lack of music from offices
- Stupid broad rules issued for only one problem employee
Issues Facing Your City
- Growth
- Traffic
- Lack of workforce/affordable housing
- Lack of diversity
Holidays
- Christmas
- Labor Day (same day as my Wedding Anniversary, so…)
- Memorial Day
- All Saints Sunday (Sunday after Halloween in the Episcopal tradition)
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