When my son and I knew we would be attending the National League of Cities conference together, we called ahead and arranged for a campus tour of George Washington University. GW is right down town DC. We arrived for our tour Saturday morning. We sat through the obligatory admissions counselor talk and [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2004
The Boring Stuff
March 6, 2004 – 3:38 pm
Every conference has its exciting side, and its dull side. The exciting side is usually tied to the venue itself (sun, surf, fun, etc.) or sometimes to an honored keynote speaker or dignitary. The dull side is the meat & potato stuff. The boring stuff. That’s what I did today.
I spent [...]
Thomas Jefferson
March 5, 2004 – 7:04 am
I am out of the office for a few days on a trip to Washington DC for the 2004 Congressional Cities Conference of the National League of Cities. This is an annual conference organized by the National League of Cities (NLC) to educate local government officials on federal issues impacting local governments. There [...]
City Councilmember Sherry Butcher
March 2, 2004 – 2:19 pm
This is the second offer in a series of profile spots that I am writing on our City Councilmembers.
Councilmember Sherry Butcher is serving in her second elected term as a Councilmember on the Eden Prairie City Council, most recently re-elected in November 2000, with her current term running from January 2001 through December [...]
The Hall Monitor
March 1, 2004 – 8:55 am
Every month I write a feature article for our in-house employee newsletter called The Hall Monitor. Get it? The (City) Hall Monitor. I’ve always thought that was a cute name for an in-house city government newsletter. Anyway, here’s what I had to say in the March 2004 edition of The Hall Monitor:
The [...]
