Alex joins several other panelists as they discuss social media, polarization, and politics in this panel hosted by the Digital Citizenery Project at Seton Hall University.
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Former mayor creates free nonpartisan series to help anyone run for office as part of new podcast
Check out Alex's new podcast - Rethinking
I've launched a new podcast/series to dive into topics of philosophy, governance, politics, technology, media, and well, a whole lot more!
A4424 - Electric Vehicles in NJ
There are a number of reasons why it's been challenging to deploy electric vehicles more widely in New Jersey. Here's one way that we can take a large step forward - with no taxpayer cost or complicated legal/policy changes needed, just adding a few words to existing state finance regulations.
Talking CivicTech in St. Louis
What are the values of your civic technology project? I joined GlobalHack, and some civic philanthropists in St. Louis, Missouri, to talk about how to ensure your civic tech project is is the right project for your community, and the value well designed projects can bring to a community.
A personal reflection on the passing of Jim Gilliam
[My memories of Jim Gilliam. I apologize to anyone if I get any details wrong, it's unintentional, this is all just from memory. This is a long one.) Jim
Innovation in local government survey
What do you see that others don't?
Appointed Borough Administrator in Leonia
On November 20th 2017, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Leonia unanimously approved of my appointment as Borough Administrator, to begin on December 7th. [Sorry not sorry this is long/sentimental] Six years ago I got the unbelievable chance to show that young people or those outside of party machines or those who didn’t care about being re-elected or those who didn’t watch a show like West Wing, but studied it, could not just get elected to public office, but could do and support others in doing amazing work. In South Orange we did this - we stabilized property taxes and raised new revenues while cutting costs and better supporting our workforce, we supported a diverse, community-oriented police department which significantly reduced crime, did more (and better, more equitable and more sustainable) redevelopment, better supported our diverse culture and arts, all while being more transparent with everything we do and more-so partnered with our community members.