New year, new city council meetings, same level of quality that our readers have come to expect. In January we saw anger, excitement, and–my favorite–freshman council members at their first meetings!
Also, it ended up being a great month here for the Midwestern United States. We chronicled:
7 council meetings
In 7 states
With a combined population of
853,500 people
We saw
1 brand new council member talk about her very first meeting with me
Dozens of facial expressions from a sign language interpreter
53 scarecrows (and that’s all the context you’ll get)
1 new installment of our storytelling project
$49,500 worth of tremendous, simply amazing fireworks
5 podcast interviews, including 1 council member being recalled and 1 mayor sworn in by a drag queen
And it all happened thanks to these not-bad hombres and mujeres:
Waconia, Minnesota city council
Richmond, Virginia city council
Alamosa, Colorado city council
City Council Chronicles 