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Podcast: The IBJ Podcast with Mason King
Episode: City-County Council’s new chief of staff on role models, soft power and public policy
Description: Doran Moreland grew up in Indianapolis, fell in love with politics and public policy at a relatively young age and became the special assistant for Mayor Bart Peterson after studying political science at Indiana University. That’s a pretty good introduction to how politics and policy work on the local level.
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Fast forward a quarter century or so: On Monday, Feb. 2, Moreland returned to the City-County Building for the first day of his new job as chief of staff and chief policy officer for the City-County Council. The 25-member council dominated by Democrats has new lea...