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100			_aLeiter, Ben _964652
245			_aCity management snapshots : on the run
260			_bBen Leiter _c2013
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505			_aCONTENTS Acknowledgements iii Author v Table of Contents vii Introduction xi Why Tell All? 1 What a Crazy Way to Make a Living 3 What Is a City Manager? 5 What Is Courage? 9 Adventures Along the Way 11 Check for Guns 15 "Fire the Staff" 17 "Fire the City Manager" 19 The City Manager Is Awesome! 21 Fame 25 Lost Vote 27 Why We Do Emergency Preparedness 29 We Know They're Dirty! 31 Caught in the Middle 33 That 3:30AM Phone Call 35 And I Thought I Had Trouble! 39 Drug Running! 41 We're Being Followed! 45 Of Course They're Listening In! 49 Being Spied On 51 Paranoid Politicians 53 The Fourth Estate- What a Disappointment! 57 What Do Heroes Look Like-and What Makes Them Heroes? 67 Thanks, Sam 73 Just Send Them a Check 75 Why I Get Into Trouble 81 I'm a Sheepdog 87 Commitment to Good Government 89 Was It Petty Corruption? 91 Get Back Here, Quick! 95 Don't Go Home the Same Way 97 Someone Really Is Stealing the Taxpayer's Money 99 Miscellaneous 103 And the Wall Came Tumbling Down 107 "Kids with Guns" 109 Don't Mess with Commies 111 The Bridge at Remagen 113 Bringing Democracy to Eastern Europe 115 3-3-1 Japanese Protest 119 Monkey Business 121 Everyone's Rights 125 Ego Check 127 Didn't Get the Job (Whew!) 131 "We Need You" 139 The Cardboard Box 143 How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? 147 Reflections on Perfection 151 Evaluation Gems 155 You Really Can't Go Home Again 157 Management Is So Dumb! 161 Will I Get Any Severance? 163 Prominent Citizen Sells Out 165 They Had Their Chance 167 Did I Make a Wrong Turn? 171 Rescued from the Beach 175 Reasons to Be Let Go 179 On My Watch 183 Dear John 185 Some Real Leadership 189 The Thin Gray Line 193 It's All About the People 195 I Did It My Way 197 Closing 203 Appendix: Job Interviews 205
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