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The Glue that Binds Better Together
No matter where you hail from, if you are involved with local government, you know the importance of intermunicipal relationships. In fact, cooperative leagues predate modern statehood by centuries. The principles of cooperation, communicat...
Where Policy Becomes Personal
Some of the best television dramas and sitcoms center around public service. The Wire, Abbott Elementary, Parks and Recreation, Yes Minister, The Vicar of Dibley and others draw us in because government is not only a system of laws, offices...
So this is goodbye....
As producer and publisher here at Substack, today’s post is hard to write… we have decided to bring this show to a close, at least for now. Dave, Brandon and I start off with a little light bantor today before we make our way to the core me...
The Blooming Onion: Peeling Back the Housing Problem
In this episode, the crew tackles affordable housing without the convention and usual rhetoric. Brandon hosts an honest conversation that finds Dave and Eden trading war stories and hard questions: What does “affordable” even mean when AMI...
The Stories We Carry: On James C. Scott and the Art of Not Being Governed
Why would anyone choose to evade governance, and what do contemporary versions of that choice look like in the communities we serve? What familial stories do we carry forward that are, at root, an attempt to evade government?
The late Jame...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Publisher and Editor at large for MuniSquare. Organization development consultant by trade, local government enthusiast by heart. . I am an observer of work and people, lover of art, dance and all things local.
Municipal manager who first began as Town Manager in Sykesville, MD in 1995. Subsequently served as Borough Manager in Carlisle, PA, Township Manager in Upper Moreland Township, PA and now serve as Town Manager in South Boston, VA.
Mandie has worked in local government for over 25 years. She also teaches graduate courses in public administration. She holds a BA in political science and both master’s and doctoral degrees in public administration.
Practicing stoicism to make sense of a Complex world, enable Safety to emerge, mentor and learn from colleagues, kids, grandkids
I am an academic. My research interests are in all things public service. Most recently, I have conducted a long-term ethnography with the police in the UK.
I work as a critical friend to activists and practitioners in the UK. I am committed to working collaboratively and, in particular, I am interested and engaged with how universities learn from and work with their local communities.
Thomas Bryer is Pegasus Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida and a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania.
Mid-career public servant currently serving as the Assistant Township Manager for Lower Merion Township in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Interim Borough Manager of Bellefonte Borough, Centre County with Keystone Municipal Solutions. Co-Host of Generation on the Rise!
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