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Frequently (?) Asked Questions

PCCS

Founded This Eco-School With Vicky, Miriam, Evelyn & Ellen

Ten Things

about Malin vs. Lee Enterprises

The Office

Field Guide

The One-ga-low

Seaside Residence

Been There, Done That

From city kid to city manager, a bio in pictures

Door's Open

The door to the Seaside City Manager's Office was closed for decades. People didn't know what to do when I opened it, so I made a flowchart...

Exit Interview

Thank you, Davenport

Siftings

See all siftings

Oct

Endings

Update: If your pitcher has shut down the strongest hitting team in the league through six innings, you let him keep going if someone reaches first base. There’s your October surprise. The Los Angeles Dodgers, with their $107 million payroll, lose Game 4 of the World Series to the 189th best...

Sep

Shedding Layers

In the office before the sun touches the Pacific. The State has two questions about the homeless grant and I want the answers - good answers - to be the first thing they see in the morning. Not to read too much into the questions but, if those are their only remaining questions, there might be...

Aug

System of an Up

Near midnight, arrive in the One-ga-low kitchen from City Hall after a Council meeting. Though many thought it impossible, the Zoom meetings have made them longer. Gonna have a cookie. Flip on the light and my current nemesis scatter from the countertop. Ants, so make that nemesi. I have a...