Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Lights of Home by U2 What I’m Reading – A lot of news articles What I’m Watching – Train to Busan (best movie I’ve ever seen) What I’m Doing – Playing some tennis now that the courts are open Starting from Scratch Building an organization … Continued
The COVID-19 crisis and the national protests for racial equity have a significant impact on local governments – one that is now felt in budgeting for the next fiscal year and in evaluating long-term spending projections. In many cases, reduced tax revenues, tourism revenues, and federal and state reductions in funding will necessitate cuts to … Continued
Always wanted to introduce yourself and your local government to the ELGL family? Well, now you can! Throughout the year, ELGL will allow members to take over their Instagram account for a day and allow you to walk us through a day in the life of someone who works in your city, county, town, or … Continued
It’s Joey Garcia Appreciation Week! To kick things off, we’re sharing a video about Joey’s service on the ELGL Board of Directors. He served from 2018 to 2020. We wanted to say thank you to him for his service to the organization and his commitment to public service.
This Morning Buzz is by Sarah Henricks; Los Altos Hills County Fire District What I’m reading: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League What I’m eating: a LOT of homemade funfetti birthday cake that I made for the hubby What I’m watching: 13th … Continued
It’s Joey Garcia Appreciation Week! This week, we’ll be celebrating Joey and recognizing his contributions to ELGL as a member of the Board of Directors. His term ends on June 30. In addition, we’re hosting five events this week – learn more and RSVP! Webinar: Recovery Planning for Local Visitor Economies June 15, 2020 Portland … Continued
This guest post is brought to you by Chris Adams, President of Balancing Act and partner with Bang the Table Public engagement on the budget has always been something of an odd duck. Government budgets are complicated, typically hundreds of pages long, and involve at least a little math. They are generally inaccessible and deeply … Continued
This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner from the City of Temecula. What I’m Reading: Applications for the Temecula Assist grant program Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin Civil unrest. COVID-19. Re-opening the economy. Police brutality. Black Lives Matter. Defund the police. Racism. Violence. Protests. Resignations. Political crossfire. Fellow government friends, it is … Continued
Sean Knierim Co-Founder SidePorch LinkedIn | Twitter Creating a culture of health. Sean Knierim, the Co-Founder of SidePorch, joined the podcast to talk about resources for communities in reopening after COVID-19 shutdowns and expanding testing capacity. He talked about the need to be adaptive and flexible in procurement as well as being ready to scale … Continued
ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) have to create the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. COVID-19 has made it difficult for graduate students to find meaningful summer professional work experiences (internships) – … Continued
