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Peaks and Valleys

Right Now w/ Joey Garcia (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Doing - Procrastinating on some wedding planning What I'm Binging - Fours Weddings, Say Yes to the Dress, What I'm Cooking - Papas con Espinacas What I’m Listening to - Latinx Therapy: The Shame & Anxiety Behind Cleaning It’s been a wild ride at work the past few...

LG Misfit Academy Welcomes New Member

Today’s Buzz is by Caz R. Muske, Main Street Manager, City of Brenham, TX (Twitter & LinkedIn) What I am watching: Workin' Moms (looking forward to the release of season 3 on 8/29!!!) What I am reading: The Heart of the City: Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Century by Alexander Garvin Newest Discovered Podcast:...

I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This, But You Can Do It

Today’s Buzz is by Brianna Lennon. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: a bunch of DEF CON talks and villages What I’m Reading: budget books (that time of year!) I need to confess something. After nearly a decade in the legal, policy, and political world—including two runs for office, time as a litigator, and now as...

The Payoffs of an Online Existence

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I'm playing: I haven't been watching anything recently but I've put 871 hours into Civilization VI since it came out and I've been playing a lot of it this past week. What I'm listening to: Chance The Rapper's new album pretty much non stop for the last week...

Interviewing: “Innovation’s Final Frontier”

This guest blog is by an ELGL member who wishes to remain anonymous. ELGL posts anonymous blogs to provide forums for more sensitive local government topics that can provide perspective or insight when published, and when the author wishes to be frank about those topics. I was nine or ten years old when I remember...

LG Misfits Academy: Now Accepting Applications

Today’s Buzz is by Caz R. Muske | Main Street Manager - City of Brenham, TX (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I am watching: Supernatural Season 1 What I am reading: 4th Dimension Leadership by Ron Holifield Newest Discovered Podcast: Insomniac Okay, I'm not actually accepting applications; however, if you'd like to share your non-conventional entry into...

It’s Time to Evaluate the Recruitment Process

Today’s Buzz is by Jenn Reichelt, Senior Associate, The Novak Consulting Group (Twitter & LinkedIn) What I am Watching: recently binged watched Stranger Things Season 3 What I am Reading: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman What I am Listening to: NPR every morning Employees are our most important asset. You’ve heard this statement...

I Care But I'm Tired

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Watching: Awake (A Netflix OG) What I'm Loving: Daylight savings - I'm all for never "falling back" again What I’m listening to: Pistol Annies, "Interstate Gospel" on repeat Does this day sound similar to yours? I wake up around 6:30 AM to the sound...

Lifting the Local Gov Lens

What I’m Watching: Legacies on Netflix because it really capitalizes on my love of teen drama and mystical creatures. What I’m Reading: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss - it’s historical fiction meets ghost story; short, engaging, and unexpected. What I’m Listening To: Lizzo, in all her infinite glory On Friday, I participated in my first...

Embracing Your Local Newspaper

Today’s Buzz (which is still technically posted in the morning for those of us in the Central time zone!) is by Brianna Lennon — connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Watching: Parks and Rec (again) What I’m Reading: Lots and lots of elections articles What I’m Listening To: my Pink Floyd station on Pandora...

City Council Retreats – Know Your ‘Why’

Today's #MorningBuzz brought to you by Neha Subramanyam: What I’m Listening To: Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? What I’m Reading: We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates What I’m Watching: The Dawn Wall (Documentary on Netflix!) As an organization, how often do you reflect on your core values, mission,...

Relieved, But Disoriented

Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The back of a cereal box was quite pleasing until my calendar alerted me I was due for my buzz this morning. Oops. What I’m watching: The sweet Florida sun breaking through the windows. What I’m listening to: The loud refrigerator motor in the kitchen I did it! I...

How To Handle the Death of a Coworker

Today's Buzz is by Kylie Bayer, HR Manager with the City of McMinnville. LinkedIn & Twitter What I'm Watching: Schitt's Creek and I have never laughed harder. Highly recommend. What I'm Reading: White Oleander, I never read it! What I'm Listening to: an HR podcast, Kammersations. It's a podcast through our benefits/insurance provider, Citycounty Insurance...

It's a Small World After All

Today’s Buzz is by Tim Gomez– connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: My two sons inventory their NERF bullets What I’m Reading: Head Strong by Dave Aspery What I’m Watching: Iron Man 2 There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. In fact, Susan Cain’s TED talk on the power of being of...

The Return to Work After Parental Leave

I know many of our ELGL’ers are parents and have been for some time now. But here I am, figuring it out as I go — and asking all of us to advocate for the future of working parents in local government. My son was born 3.5 weeks early at the end of this past...

I LOVE MY LONG COMMUTE!

Buzzin' with Susan Barkman What I am reading: Harvard Business Review 10 Must Read Articles 2019 What I am watching: Newsroom What I am listening to: Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies My New Year’s Resolution: To take better care of myself! What most people think my commute is like: What I think my commute looks...

ELGL & The Remaining 33%

While working on a paper for grad school, I came across an interesting statistic. According to a 2018 Pew Research Center poll, “two-thirds of those surveyed (67%) have a favorable opinion of their local government, compared with 35% for the federal government. In addition, nearly three-quarters (73%) say the quality of candidates running for local...

#ELGLThankful: How Lucky You Are

Fellow Board Member Stacy Schweikhart started the #ELGLThankful hashtag. She has posted thirty days’ worth of gratitude on behalf of ELGL. The campaign led me to ask myself, "what am I most thankful to have experienced related to ELGL?" For me, it is the amazing people I have met and our experiences at the ICMA...

And then what?

What I’m reading: About some software my organization is considering... What I’m watching: A software demonstration What I’m listening to: A software demonstration Nick Smith already waxed eloquently on voting and the impact that our civic duty has on our country and communities. My intent is to talk about the days after… the “and...

Politics, Why would any decent person want to run?

Submitted by: Christian M. Williams With the elections only two weeks away, I caught myself asking, “How could anyone have the courage to run for office?” I used to, somewhat jokingly say, “I want to be the Mayor one day.” Today more than ever, this childhood fantasy quest has made me increasingly ask, “Would...