Mayor Christopher Taylor and the Risks and Rewards of Leading a Local Government | Season 2 Episode 7

Let Them Lead

English - April 06, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 41.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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Leading a city is a largely thankless job, where strangers get to insult you in public. So if you’re not excited about actually governing, this isn’t for you. Christopher Taylor is a successful lawyer, but has served as Ann Arbor’s mayor since 2014 – for peanuts – and he loves it. “In a democracy, collaboration is the key. You simply have to get buy-in. So when we make a decision, a lot of smart people have given it a lot more thought than you’d think!” He even sings in this interview – and he’s good!

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