Deck the halls with council meetings! It was no surprise that in December, we heard our councils discuss Christmas decorations. But the good cheer was not everywhere: from the council that was cut in half by a higher power to a city commissioner who faced a room of enraged critics, December’s meetings were a study in how to keep your cool amid turmoil.
We chronicled:
3 council meetings
in 2 states
With a combined population of
40,100
We saw
5 families win a holiday decorating award
Tons of Christmas lights enjoying their last year by the lakefront
1 absent teacher from a council meeting field trip
4 podcast interviews, including the commissioner who faced down a “Trump rally” in council chambers and the councillor who was forced into a “hunger games”
11,000-square-foot homes hijack months of council meetings
And remember to thank these council members by leaving out a plate of milk and cookies should they come down the chimney:
Clawson, Michigan city council
Cadillac, Michigan city council
City Council Chronicles 