City Council Chronicles

The world's #1 podcast about city council meetings. Entertaining interviews about city council meetings across the globe by Michael Karlik every Sunday. City council meeting reviews,

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Best of "Best Thing, Worst Thing"

Posted November 21, 2017

We visited 12 cities and towns asking about the best and worst things. This episode contains excerpts from Colby, KS; Las Cruces, NM; Pittsburgh, PA;...

"A Higher Expectation": The Council Meeting and the Confession

Posted November 18, 2017

Boise's city council meeting on November 13, 2012 was jam-packed with people to testify on a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance. But one citizen...

City Council Chronicles 59: Mike Clay -- Port Moody, BC Mayor

Posted November 11, 2017

Mike Clay--Port Moody, BC mayor--once reenacted a 100-year-old council meeting. We listen to the entertaining characters who popped up, as well as some...

City Council Chronicles 58: Margaret Abe-Koga -- Mountain View, CA Councilmember

Posted November 4, 2017

Margaret Abe-Koga--Mountain View, CA councilmember--shares a fascinating insight: citizens notice whether their representatives speak up during council...

City Council Chronicles 57: Pat Martel -- Daly City, CA City Manager

Posted October 28, 2017

Patricia "Pat" Martel--Daly City, CA city manager--and I discuss the elaborate dance a city official must go through when they phone into a council...