If you’ve read my book, The Happiest Corruption, Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town, or signed up for my online course, Double Dias: Adventures in Local Government, you’ll have picked up a message that runs through them, and through many of the...
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 five most common mistakes people make when trying to establish good governance in their communities. Mistake 1 they don’t speak in public meetings – if your elected representatives don’t know what matters to you, and if you...
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...
Sometimes it ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it. Sometimes no matter how you say it, it won’t work. How to address the council. Not only are public meetings live, but they are also often videotaped or preserved on Zoom. Like anything else, how you look,...
