Round Robin - From AirBNB to our national treasure, Mike Leach

We're scattershooting today! AirBNB is piloting a new City Portal; CityLab analyzes whether cities defunded the police in FY21; a San Antonio billionaire wants to pay for weekly Covid tests at local schools; and our national treasure, Mississippi State coach Mike Leach.

Show Notes

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0:43 - AirBNB pilots a new City Portal

• Airbnb’s Data ‘Portal’ Promises a Better Relationship With Cities

08:06 - Did cities defund the police in FY21?

• ‘We Have Not Defunded Anything’: Big Cities Boost Police Budgets
• August 2020 ZacTax Roundup

15:06 - Weekly Covid tests for San Antonio schools

• San Antonio billionaire wants to test every student in the city for COVID-19

23:18 - More gold from Mike Leach

• Video from the press conference

Creators & Guests

Host

Chad Janicek

Former city manager, current local government nerd. I build fun stuff that helps cities make better decisions @zactax

Host

Patrick Lawler

It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom.

What is ZacCast?

The official podcast for local government nerds, from the folks behind ZacTax. We talk about everything from sales tax to city management to college sports, and bring you stories from the front lines of local government administration.