Hosted by Kevin Patrick · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 24 episodes
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Patrick’s Poor Man’s Guide is a podcast for people who want to understand how local government actually works — what happens behind the scenes, why decisions get made, and how the systems and decisions shaping our communities affect everyday life. poormanspublishingco.substack.com
Kevin Patrick hosts Patrick's Poor Man's Guide, a government show with 24 episodes published.
Over the course of this season, we’ve talked about how local government works. Meetings. Rules. Money. Authority. And trust. Now we close with a simple question: What does effective local leadership actually look like? I
Public meetings can get tense. Voices rise.Emotions spill over.And sometimes it feels like things escalate quickly. It’s easy to assume that anger comes from bad behavior or bad intentions. But more often, it comes from
Transparency and communication are often treated as the same thing. But they’re not. Transparency is about making information available.Posting documents.Publishing agendas.Sharing notices. Communication is about making
Public trust is one of the most talked about—and least understood—parts of local government. It’s easy to assume trust is lost because of bad decisions, bad actors, or bad intent. But more often, trust erodes in quieter
In local government, authority is rarely simple. It’s layered.Shared.And often misunderstood. Residents see problems locally, so it feels natural to expect local leaders to have full control. But the reality is different
In the last episode, we talked about budgets, what they are, what they aren’t, and why they feel locked in once adopted. Now we take the next step. Why does everything cost so much? Whether it’s a road repair, a public p
In the last episode, we talked about where local government money actually comes from and why it’s more limited than people think. Now we take the next step: Budgets. Budgets are one of the most misunderstood parts of lo
In the last episode, we talked about policy versus management, who sets direction and who carries it out. Now we’re stepping into something that quietly shapes almost every decision in local government: Money. Most peopl
In this episode of Patrick’s Poor Man’s Guide, we take a step back from last week’s discussion on executive session and focus on one of the most important, and most misunderstood concepts in local government: The line be
In local government meetings, there is one moment that often raises the most suspicion. The room clears.The doors close.And the board continues its discussion privately. This is called executive session, and for many peo
Board packets are one of the most important and most misunderstood parts of local government. To many residents, they look intimidating.Dozens… sometimes hundreds of pages of documents filled with reports, maps, contract
This is where the conversation turns directly to the ballot. In Part 3, Greg Palast discusses his film Vigilantes, Inc., a documentary examining organized voter challenge operations and large-scale removals from voter ro
Most people judge meetings by what happens in the room. But a lot of governance happens before the meeting ever starts. Agendas look like paperwork. But they shape focus.They define timing.They control what can legally h
You think investigative journalism is reading documents and writing articles? Try being arrested by a dictator’s secret police. In Part 2, Greg Palast walks through what it actually takes to investigate powerful people,
In Episode 8 of Patrick’s Poor Man’s Guide, we break down one of the most misunderstood parts of public meetings: Robert’s Rules of Order You’ve heard the phrases: “That’s not in order.”“We need a motion.”“Point of order
In Part I of Investigating Power: A Three-Part Special Mini Series with Greg Palast, investigative journalist Greg Palast joins Kevin Patrick for a candid conversation about how he entered the world of investigative jour
Public meetings can feel slow. Procedural. Sometimes frustrating. From the outside, it may look like nothing is happening or that decisions are being avoided. But what you're seeing isn't chaos. It's structure. In this e
Public Comment: Why It Feels Ignored (Even When It Isn’t) Have you ever stepped up to the microphone during public comment, spoken your piece, and walked away feeling like nothing happened? You’re not imagining that feel
Why Commission Meetings Feel Frustrating (And How to Fix That) Ever leave a commission meeting feeling like a lot of people talked… but nothing actually happened? In this episode of Patrick’s Poor Man’s Guide, we talk ab
Working with staff is one of the least explained and most misunderstood parts of local government. New commissioners often assume staff works with commissions, or for them.That assumption creates confusion, tension, and
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