Dale Fisseler City Manager City of Waco, Texas Bio Film permits, building applications and more. Dale Fisseler, the City Manger of Waco, Texas, joins GovLove to talk about his career and managing a college town. He also discussed the impact of the TV show Fixer Upper on the city’s planning and inspections department, as … Continued
It’s Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We’re asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Aaron Zavala City of Mesquite, Texas – Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn City Departments City Manager’s Office Parks and Recreation Public Works Neighborhood Development Movies Bottle Shock Moneyball Interstellar The Departed Office Pet Peeves Unnecessarily long email … Continued
This is a new monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas. She’ll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! Planning & Shaping Cities The Scoop on Comp, Master, General, Strategic, Vision Plans The Lowdown on Multimodal Transportation … Continued
This is a new monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas. She’ll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! Planning & Shaping Cities The Scoop on Comp, Master, General, Strategic, Vision Plans Human behavior is fascinating, isn’t … Continued
This is a new monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas. She’ll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! In the initial post of this series, we talked briefly about what makes cities successful, and the fact … Continued
This guest post is by Fate, TX city manager Michael Kovacs. H/T to ELGL member Justin Weiss for connecting ELGL with this interesting blog by Michael! If you’re a sports fan, especially a baseball fan, you’ve probably seen the movie Moneyball with Brad Pitt. It’s the true-to-life story of the Oakland A’s and how manager Billy … Continued
This is a new monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas. She’ll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! You can access all of the posts in the series and learn more about AJ on the Future-Proofing Cities … Continued
This is Part Two of Casey Camor’s blog series about her path to a PhD in Business Administration at Texas Tech University. Casey’s decision to head back to graduate school and pursue a doctorate in local government financial management was based on her experiences working at the municipal level. Previously, Casey was the Finance Director in West … Continued
This is Part One of Casey Camor’s blog series about her path to a PhD in Business Administration at Texas Tech University. Casey’s decision to head back to graduate school and pursue a doctorate in local government financial management was based on her experiences working at the municipal level. Previously, Casey was the Finance Director in … Continued
Kirsten Wyatt interviews Jennifer Jones from the Texas Sunset Commission. The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission is a 12-member legislative commission tasked with identifying and eliminating waste, duplication, and inefficiency for more than 130 Texas state agencies. Jennifer talks to GovLove about the work of the Commission, and shares her perspectives about why the sunset concept … Continued
