David Holt, mayor of Oklahoma City got some 230 mayors to agree to a declaration that essentially agrees to turn down the political noise, respect all view points and remind us we are all Americans in a democracy.

The Oklahoma City Declaration

230 Bipartisan Mayors Sign Declaration Against Political Violence, Recommit to Unity

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Connie Boesen is the mayor of Des Moines. She said when she became mayor one of her priorities was restoring the city's neighborhoods, she did it, it's good government, listen to how she's improving her city.

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Lindsey Cormack is the author of the book, How To Raise a Good Citizen. Spoiler alert, it's up to us, not schools, not the government, not our leaders, we all have to raise our own good citizens.

But there's more. Lindsey provides a blueprint for how to do it and how anyone, even if your not a political or news junkie. It's up to us, listen and learn how.

How to Raise a Citizen

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Mayor Suzanne LaFrance joined the conversation. Our first guest from Alaska so naturally we started talking about snow.

But Anchorage is a true American city with some of the same challenges other mayors face. Give a listen.

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When you're talking to someone from Northern California you have to talk about wine. And Mayor John Marchand of Livermore started the conversation with a good wine discussion.

Then we talked about baseball and good government.

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When I met Bryan Calvo he had served all of three weeks as the newest and youngest Mayor of Hialeah, Florida.

He got off to a fast start. I always like talking to young people in office and Mayor Calvo has a lot to say.

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Given that Dr Anthony Fauci recently was called to Congress, but refused to respond to questions from Senators, we thought it would be a good idea to re-release our conversation with Dr Fauci when he was open to talking.

The conversation is a great insight into a career in public service and how he responded to an unfolding worldwide pandemic. Here again is Dr Fauci.

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A career in public service is not something many people automatically think about. Kelli Bentley, HR director for a city in Alabama is trying to change that.

Listen to how she recruits people to work in her city's water and sewer department. And she's one of 250 Government Champions from the National Academy of Public Service.

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Mayor Matt Tuerk is trying to make Allentown, PA the slowest city in America. Not because he drives slow, because slower traffic increases pedestrian safety. We also cover housing, police and fire fighter retention and baseball.

Listen to Matt Tuerk's first appearance on the show if you missed it.

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Mayor David LeGrand loves good ideas and big ideas. He says what keeps him up is not getting to all the things he wants to do in his city. Listen to his big ideas about improving Grand Rapids.

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There's a lot of talk about driverless cars, they improve traffic, they impede traffic, they're safe, they aren't safe at all. I sat down with Daniel Greene Senior Director of consumer protection and product safety for the National Consumers League.

We talked about driverless cars, their future and what's going on with them now. Make no mistake, they are coming.

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