Tag: State of the Union

Month in Review: January 2018

The first city council meetings probably began in Ancient Mesopotamia, but here we are 6,018 years later and they are still going strong! We rung in the new year with the inauguration of fresh council members and some unconventional suggestions from the old ones.

In perhaps the biggest event of 2018, I gave the annual State of the City Council Meetings address to a joint session of Congress. While I feel bad that they all had to return a few days later for some other “state of the” something, I got my message across loud and clear: I, too, can read a teleprompter.

For the address, the reviews, and the podcast interviews, do not wait another year to check out the January Month in Review.

And if someone tells you that January was just a so-so month for council meetings, you tell them, “when else are you gonna hear a councilor say the phrase, ‘Brawls Deep?'”

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State of the City Council Meetings Address 2017

Folks, the Constitution says that every year the nation needs an update on the state of our city council meetings. I don’t like it any more than you do, but yesterday I stood before a joint session of Congress and did my duty. (Although they seemed a little distracted–was anything else going on?)

If you didn’t catch it on CNN, FOX, or the Lifetime channel, my State of the City Council Meetings address is available on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM and right here:

Among the highlights, in the past 11 months we have done:

  • 89 city council meeting reviews
  • 37 interviews
  • 2 dramatic readings
  • 6 geese-a-laying
  • 1 superhero play based on a councilmember’s life

Check out the episode to hear excerpts from some of the best stuff!

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