The United States Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and then edited and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The second paragraph of the first article in the Declaration of Independence contains the phrase “Life,...
I tell the story of three political machines in my THE HAPPIEST CORRUPTION: Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town. They are focused in different American communities, even in different centuries, but the stories echo through decades and across the...
Today I’m going to share with you the number one secret to getting what you want from city hall. In a nutshell, the number one secret to getting good governance is to SHOW UP. I know that sounds too simple, but let me explain… If you have good elected...
Friends who are mathematicians and accountants tell me they like math because it is predictable, and the rules are always the same. That is, until you get to government math. Here’s an example of government math. This is how developers are able to develop when...
