Mark Moses is the author of "The Municipal Financial Crisis" where he lays out a "framework for understanding and fixing government budgeting."

Mark has some strong opinions on how local governments have gradually increased and broadened their scope of services to an unsustainable level and he kills off some sacred cows along the way diagnosing the problem.

In this episode, we discuss zero based budgeting, privatization, impacts on the nonprofit community, and how elected officials negatively impact the budgeting process.

The book is very thought provoking and I highly encourage you all to read it. In particular, I recommend that the city and county managers listening to this podcast purchase the book for their electeds so that they can read Chapter 3, which was probably my favorite chapter.

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The Municipal Financial Crisis by Mark Moses

Mark Moses' LinkedIn page

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One of my goals with this podcast is to help you produce "wins" for your resume so that you can advance your career.

When you can do the "right thing" and help those who need it most while also scoring a professional win -- it does not get much better.

This is a great, relatively low cost idea that many communities will benefit from.

Morgan Massera of Coalinga, California, is a mother of a young child that has difficulty communicating verbally. In this episode, we discuss her personal journey and her efforts to get communication boards installed throughout the parks in her community. Not only do these boards help children like hers, they also help children and individuals who are unable to communicate in the same language interact with each other.

She worked closely with the incredible staffers staffers at the City of Coalinga and the Coalinga-Huron Recreation and Park District. This includes former Coalinga city manager, Marissa Trejo, and Mallory Griffith-Wells, general manager for the district.

Funding for the project was generously provided by the Coalinga Healthcare District.

SHOW NOTES:

Link to Morgan Massera's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/morgankathleen9/

Morgan would like to refer parents and families of those affected to Apraxia Kids for more information and resources.

Communication Boards produced by Talk to Me Technologies

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In last week's interview about radical mental health transparency, Todd Hopwood broadly discussed the 10 questions he asks himself each day.

In this follow up episode, we breakdown those 10 questions, how you should assess them, and how to calculate your score so that you can better track your mental health and mood.

Here are the 10 questions:

1. How motivated am I today?
2. What are my perceived energy levels?
3. Are simple tasks easy or difficult?
4. How well have I slept lately?
5. How's my physical health today?
6. How purposeful do I feel?
7. How connected am I to family and friends?
8. How has my diet been lately?
9. How are my stress levels?
10. How easy or difficult is decision making for me today?

What does your daily score mean:

1. 10/10 - All time, lifetime peak form
2. 9/10 - Exceptional Form
3. 8/10 - Very Good Form
4. 7/10 - Decent Form
5. 6/10 - Average Form
6. 5/10 - Low Mood
7. 4/10 - Very Low Mood
8. 3/10 - Extremely Low Mood
9. 2/10 - I am struggling and need help
10. 1/10 - CRISIS, please reach out to me

These questions are based off of the research and work over at FormScore.

SHOW NOTES:

Todd Hopwood's LinkedIn Page

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