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Kittelson’s Corner: The Education of Inmates in Durham County, NC

He’s Baccckkk! After moving from the Left Coast to North Carolina, Ben Kittelson landed a job as a budget analyst in Guilford County, NC. He’s unboxed his three or four boxes and is now ready to report on his new view of local government. First up – Ben gives us the 4-1-1 on Durham County’s effort … Continued

#13Percent: Let’s Talk About Race

Over the past few months we’ve had great contributions from guest bloggers to the #13Percent conversation on the lack of growth in the number of women in local government. Now we want to expand the #13Percent conversation to include racial diversity and need you to lead the discussion!

ELGL and AWC Present The Local Government Happy Hour

ELGL and the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) are teaming up to present the “Local Government Happy Hour.”  The event is a chance to meet local government leaders to network and hear about and discuss local government topics.

#WeBuiltThisCity: Short Term Investments, Long Term Payoffs

#WeBuiltThisCity Infrastructure nerds rejoice! ELGL is happy to announce the first #WeBuiltThisCity webinar on April 23 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. The City of Pearland, Texas has lent us Michael Leech, Assistant Public Works Director, for this exciting webinar on the benefits of a programmatic approach to road maintenance. Register here! Stretched budgets … Continued

#WeBuiltThisCity: Rappin’ About Your #2

Rap video shares importance of San Francisco’s sewer system  You’ve seen the John Oliver video, you’ve watched the 60 Minutes feature, and you know our infrastructure is failing. ELGL is launching #WeBuiltThisCity to highlight our perspective of the infrastructure woes facing our country. We will highlight the complexities involved in fixing our infrastructure through a … Continued

Ask ELGL: Who Manages Your Web Content?

It’s your turn to get involved. Two of our members have requested information on the following: How does your local government handle website content duties? Specifically, my city is redoing its website. I’m wondering who has the duties of posting content to the homepage, department pages, and calendars. Is it the communications department, IT, another … Continued

Yes or No…Local Government Is Wrong

 Chris Floore (LinkedIn and  Twitter) serves as Assistant to the County Manager for the consolidated Macon-Bibb County local government.  Government makes poor decisions. Always. Every single time. From the color of the carpet to the width of a sidewalk to user fees to the property tax rate to funding external organizations…it doesn’t matter what the decision is. Yes or no…we’re wrong. Or … Continued

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