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Leadership, Change and Respect for Our Foundational Law

ASPA National Weblog

Lord knows, we experienced a wicked year of community violence and upheaval that ended with a federal campaign about a war of the words. Our mailboxes were packed with campaign mailers costing into the billions of dollars that likely could have addressed much of our poverty.

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Photo: Alamy. Reckless driving.

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Brutal performance art criticism of Toronto's Mayor, John Tory, and his "austerity" agenda

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Three performance art campaigns in Toronto, AusterityTO , #JohnTory’sToronto , and independent artist Shari Kasman's alternative flyer campaign focused on changes to TTC bus service, call attention to municipal action failures (" Artists Parody Toronto’s Failing Infrastructure With Museum Labels ," Hyperallergic).

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Toronto Star "Can't We Do Better" series: Rampant Municipal Management Failure #3

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence " -- " Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority) " The Toronto Star is running a series of articles in advance of the Mayor and City Council election this, Monday October 24th, called " Can't We Do Better? "

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

His principal management responsibility included oversight of the City’s employees and a multi-billion dollar budget. He also ran multiple political campaigns providing insight into how residents chose their leaders. It is a privilege to have Maurice on board in this capacity and to be able to share this news with all of you.

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How to Effectively Plan Your Public Involvement Initiative for Transport

Social Pinpoint

As the Denton County Transportation Authority’s (DCTA) recent Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, I was tasked with developing and leading the marketing and communications plan for the agency’s GoZone microtransit public involvement project in the spring of 2021. Remix, Mapbox, Nearmap, Esri ArcGIS).

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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Since signing on as city manager for fast-growing Hutto in 2022, Earp has leveraged his passions for leadership, finance and education to help reshape the city’s operations with an emphasis on collaboration.