Today’s episode features a conversation with Bennett Sandlin, the Executive Director of Texas Municipal League. We talk about:

• what a Municipal League is and what they do;

• the ongoing dialogue between local governments and state officials in Texas about resource gaps, property tax caps, and annexation;

• how COVID-19 has had an impact on city budgets;

• ways TML is available to help all of their member cities, including the many small, rural communities throughout the state; 

• what to expect at TML’s annual convention coming up (tentatively) this October in Grapevine, Texas.

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