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Podcast: Capstone Conversation by Jared Asch
Episode: Balancing Growth and Community: A Conversation with Moraga Mayor Kerry Hillis"
Description: Moraga Mayor Kerry Hillis back to the Capstone Conversation and discusses lessons from Hillis’s first four years in office, including that the role can be “as much or as little as you want it to be,” the need to read community perspectives, and coping with harsh virtual public comments. Hillis explains Moraga’s weak-mayor structure, the division of responsibilities between elected officials and staff led by the town manager, and the realities of serving while holding another job, raising three young children, and receiving $0 in compensation in Lamorinda—along with how meeting times and childcare affect who can serve. Hil...