5:18 - Modeling Civic Behavior with Benjamin Bitter
Today, I'm talking with Ben Bitter about government policy-making, and how governments can shape the environments in which we live, and how we can participate in these processes to help our governments enact decisions that can enrich our families' lives. Ben has a Masters degree in Public Administration from Arizona State University, and a Bachelors degree in Political Science (with minors in Spanish and Statistics) from Brigham Young University. He has worked at all levels of government, interning for a United States Congressman, before moving to the state level in the Utah Legislature, and then finding his home in local government. Ben has previously been a city manager (the highest appointed position in a city), and now serves the Town of Florence, Arizona as its Assistant to the Town Manager and Intergovernmental Relations and Communications Manager. Ben is a father of three girls, and is married to his role model and best friend, who happens to moonlight as an Emergency Room nurse in her spare time. Local governments are service providers. Each year, budget decisions are made that affect the lives of those living within the community! Ben's advice is to become acquainted with the policy-making process and model civic involvement for your kids! Connect with Ben: http://twitter.com/BenjaminRBitter Ben's gift to us is available inside the Family Success Toolbox. He showed us where to learn about your local, state, and federal representatives. Sign up at www.homeandfamilyculture.com to get access to all the tools and resources for your family culture movement! Get more resources for your intentional family culture by joining the Family Success Toolbox at www.homeandfamilyculture.com or Text CULTURE to (917) 905-8801.