Blog #15

My community partner operates in a few different cities and a few different towns since they have about 40 locations but they’re based in the bay area. I worked at the one in Redwood City which is a crossover between a city and a town. Redwood City definitely isn’t a single purpose government. Most of their money goes to town maintenance and things like that rather than the education system. Redwood City has a astrong-mayor-coucil structure. The mayor, Ian Bain, has a strong presence but he isn’t revolutionary. He doesn’t really like change which I think can be dangerous since change can bring out advancement. Redwood city has maybe one or two centers but aside from that and the restaurants, there isn’t much of a city life. Change isn’t something that Redwood City needs just yet so this kind of mayor will be fine for now. But once things start happening and Redwood City starts changing, I think they’ll need a new mayor to deal with advancement and growth. My community partner only engages with its schools and it’s volunteers. Some firemen and police officers volunteer but that’s really the only engagement they have with anyone from the government. They work off donations and such, and as a result, there isn’t really a reason for them to talk to government officials.

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