Advocating for Texas cities – with Bennett Sandlin

Today’s episode features a conversation with Bennett Sandlin, the Executive Director of Texas Municipal League. We talk about:what a Municipal League is and what they do;the ongoing dialogue between local governments and state officials in Texas about resource gaps, property tax caps, and annexation;how COVID-19 has had an impact on city budgets;ways TML is available to help all of their member cities, including the many small, rural communities throughout the state; what to expect at TML’s annual convention coming up (tentatively) this October in Grapevine, TX.--Want to take advantage of our COVID-19 discounts? Head over to verdunity.com/covid for more information on our assessments, fiscal analysis, and workshops.--The Go Cultivate! podcast is a project of Verdunity. Find more about this and other episodes (and our blog) at verdunity.com/go-cultivate.You can also find us on social media. Facebook / Twitter / LinkedInAnd if you haven't yet, sign up for our weekly email digest. It's not lame! (Each week we collectively curate a list of the things we read that caught our attention. Then we hand-package your copy, spank a first-class stamp on that baby, and drop it right in your email inbox.) Sign up here!Join us (and your peers!) in the Community Cultivators Network.(This episode features music from No Money and Custodian of Records.)verdunity.com/podcast/episode-64