ZacCast
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe official podcast for local government nerds, from the folks behind ZacTax. We talk about everything from sales tax to city management to college sports, and bring you stories from the front lines of local government administration.
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Episodes
Sales Tax Gameday - August 2020
August 12, 2020 22:18 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBSign up for the ZacTax Newsletter
Kevin Shepherd on fiscal sustainability, infrastructure gaps, and the future of development
August 10, 2020 14:15 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBVerdunity Go Cultivate! Blog Go Cultivate! Podcast (Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn)
A city used these easy steps to have a productive council meeting and you won't believe what happened next!
July 29, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBOK, so maybe the title is a bit hyperbolic. But everyone's been there: stuck in council chambers, time ticking away, missing your favorite show or maybe even Thursday night football. Meanwhile, nothing productive is happening in your city council meeting. In this episode, Patrick and Chad offer a few tips for fostering productive city council meetings.
What's Proptech, and how has Covid affected sales tax?
July 11, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBWhy local governments should nurture the growth of Proptech Miami zoning map
VC and ED
May 26, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBWhy do food delivery companies lose money? DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage Even If You're Trying To Avoid Grubhub By Calling Your Favorite Restaurant Directly, Grubhub Could Still Be Charging It A Fee GoCultivate podcast
#OpenTexas
May 01, 2020 21:15 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBTexas coronavirus deaths hit one-day high ahead of reopening (The Hill) Texas restaurants, retailers and other businesses can reopen Friday. Here's the rules they have to follow. (Texas Tribute) 'Trolls World Tour' made more for Universal in 3 weeks on demand than 'Trolls' (CNBC)
Budgeting under the cloud of COVID-19 with Kyle Lester
March 27, 2020 20:45 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBTarrant County Shelter-in-Place Parks and Recreation (IMDB)
SCADA-as-a-service, appraisal mishaps, and time travel
March 23, 2020 21:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBWe talk about the future of SCADA systems, a very unfortunate error in a Utah appraisal district, and differing movie-time-travel rules.
James Earp on the local response to COVID-19
March 14, 2020 14:40 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBJames Earp at the City of Kyle What is “Flatten the Curve”?
Brittney Huff on things you don't learn in grad school (aka TYDLIGS)
March 11, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBBikeshedding (aka, the law of triviality) That's not how you use that: shooting video in portrait mode
Lamentations on technology and Disney princesses
February 25, 2020 21:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBSafe-D How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats Meet the people behind Shadow, Inc The perils of using Internet Explorer as your default browser Parkinson's Law of Triviality
The future of ZacTax, software spies, and zipper merges
February 10, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBZacTax Avast is tracking you Ring is tracking you Zipper merging is awesome
Fresh Prince and Strong Towns
January 10, 2020 21:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBStrong Towns is an international movement that’s dedicated to making communities across the United States and Canada financially strong and resilient. You can learn more at their website: www.strongtowns.org. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Chuck Marohn
Single Local Taxes, Rule Changes, and Christmas Conspiracies
December 20, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBZacTax Blog Who are the single local rate taxpayers? Texas Comptroller provides insight into how the Single Local Tax rule will be reported Deep-Diving the Texas Comptroller's Single Local Tax Proposal Explaining the proposed Texas single local tax rule Elf on the Shelf Home Alone Uncle Frank set his brother up Peter McAllister is a Criminal
Robert Hanna - Downtown Redevelopment in Abilene
December 16, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode of ZacCast, Abilene, Texas, city manager Robert Hanna joins us to talk about his city's downtown hotel/convention center project. We discuss the difficulties inherent in complicated projects, steering large organizations toward a common goal, and gaining community buy-in for potentially controversial projects.
Robert Hanna - To Be Named
December 16, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode of ZacCast, Abilene, Texas, city manager Robert Hanna joins us to talk about his city's downtown hotel/convention center project. We discuss the difficulties inherent in complicated projects, steering large organizations toward a common goal, and gaining community buy-in for potentially controversial projects.
The Single Local Tax Rate Episode
November 17, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBGoVirtual CFO Texas Tax Responsibilities and Resources for Sellers After Wayfair (Texas Comptroller) ZacTax Blog Explaining the proposed Texas single local tax rule Deep-diving the Comptroller's single local tax proposal Texas Comptroller provides insight into how the Single Local Tax rule will be reported
Mr. Miyagi, Facebook, and Christmas Spite
November 13, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBUrban Management Assistants of North Texas UMANT One-Day Conference xLights Twinkly
Rework
November 08, 2019 22:00 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBRework on Amazon Signal vs Noise (Basecamp's blog) Basecamp
Haters gonna hate (local control)
October 31, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBWhat Can Texas Cities Do When State Legislators Admit to Hating Them? Errata College Station is ~107 miles from Austin
Origins
October 29, 2019 22:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBShow notes Texas Recreation and Parks Society ZacTax Blog: The benefits of using your own products
The Trailer
October 28, 2019 18:00 - 3 minutes - 5.47 MBEveryone has a podcast now, so we figured we should, too. Join us as we embark on what we hope will be a fun and engaging show about city management, including stories from the front lines about interesting and innovative things happening in the field. In this trailer, we introduce the show and talk about our goals for it.