City Council Chronicles

Levon Manzie--Mobile, AL council member--has a so-so catchphrase for District 2. But I give him a few more supercharged ... Read more

Nicole Johnston--Aurora, CO council member--attended a pro-immigrant rally at an ICE facility, where a small group of pr... Read more

We visited 12 cities and towns asking about the best and worst things. This episode contains excerpts from Colby, KS; La... Read more

We visit Richmond, the current capital of Virginia and the former capital of the Confederacy. I stand in the middle of t... Read more

Michele Martinez--Santa Ana, CA mayor pro tem--has some scathing commentary on the behavior she sees, including how the ... Read more

Carrie Tergin--Jefferson City, MO mayor--returns to crown the best city council selfie of 2018! Follow along at www.coun... Read more

On the second year anniversary of the podcast, an anonymous op-ed threatens to derail the celebration. Who wrote it? We ... Read more

Michael McQuillen--Indianapolis, IN councilor--discusses his philosophy of voting early and decisively in meetings as op... Read more

Vanessa Fleisch--Peachtree City, GA mayor--takes a field trip with me on her city's 100 miles of golf cart paths. We dis... Read more

Esmeralda Soria--Fresno, CA councilmember--had to watch nearly four dozen impassioned citizens argue for or against disp... Read more

It's the middle of summer, so we explore heated council meetings from our previous episodes. You will hear excerpts from... Read more

Andrea Jenkins--Minneapolis, MN council vice president--explains why a race equity training occurred in a council meetin... Read more

Adam Adkisson--Coalinga, CA council member--is new to the Coalinga council, yet has already encountered disgruntled resi... Read more

Branden Dyer--Charlotte, MI councilman--recalls the unrelenting criticism his council experienced leading up to the 2015... Read more

Susan Moffitt--Clawson, MI councilmember--describes how the sudden enforcement of a decades-old chicken ordinance caused... Read more

Eileen Weir--Independence, MO mayor--was surprised when a sudden motion to eliminate city jobs hit the council floor thi... Read more

Alberto Garcia--Westminster, CO former councilor--gets candid about the things that would grind his gears at council mee... Read more

Breea Clark--Norman, OK councilmember--pinpoints the exact meeting when her relationship with her fellow council members... Read more

Derek Green--Philadelphia, PA councilman--assures me that he pays attention to public comment, even if his colleagues do... Read more

Ethan Baker--Troy, MI mayor pro tem--describes the series of events that culminated in the city manager's arrest and fir... Read more