November 2005 · Volume 87 · Number 10

Transcending the Community: Local Leadership in a World of Shared Power

For whom do local government leaders work? Not long ago, this question would have seemed irrelevant because the answer was obvious: they work for the people who elect or appoint them, and of course they work for the people who pay them. This answer is no longer obvious. The purpose of this article is to defend the claim that future effectiveness in local government leadership will be based on finding new and different answers to the “for whom do we work” question.  H. George Frederickson, Lawrence, Kansas. Read article

Understand Your Expenditure Efficiency *

A finance director shows how to determine a community’s ideal spending level.  Richard Grove, Middletown Borough, Pennsylvania. Read article

Citizen-Based Budgeting *

A manager explains his belief in the benefits of citizen-based budgeting.  Michael Stampfler, Portage, Michigan. Read article

The New San Jose City Hall: A Commitment to Community Service *

How a new city hall was built to serve citizens for the next 50 years.  Del Borgsdorf, San Jose, California. Read article

Click here to view the 2005 ICMA Annual Awards Program

Letters *

Ethics

12 Steps for Ethical Leadership 

Corporate Profile

AIG Environmental 

On Retirement

Five Retirement-Planning Essentials That Investors Often Overlook 

Profile

Frank Walsh, St. Joseph, Michigan 

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