Peter Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager
Thoughts on running a city, daily musings, and everything in between.
City Manager, Auburn Hills, MI
Recognizing Value
Some may not realize that this week is National Police Week, which occurs each year during the week in which May 15th falls. This is a week in which we can take a moment to recognize the service and sacrifice of not only local law enforcement officers, but all U.S. law enforcement. The recognition week [...]
Posted in Events, Leadership, Programs, Service, Uncategorized
So much to do, so little time
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Does your business need a little extra help on tasks that you just can’t seem to find time for? Shredding, stuffing envelopes, alphabetizing files, all of these tasks are important but seem to be last on the to-do list. There is a resource available to businesses, at [...]
Want to know a secret?
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Well, it is not a secret anymore, but it was two days ago. Confidentiality is an important part of my job. I am privy to so much information. Eventually everyone finds out about the great projects the City is planning or new, exciting events that will be [...]
Posted in City Council, Events, Leadership, Service, Uncategorized
And the winner is……
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Have you ever wondered what the American Legion is all about? It is hard to summarize all that they do but here it goes…. American Legion programs and activities strengthen the nation one community at a time. American Legion Baseball is one of the nation’s most successful [...]
Posted in Events, Leadership, Local Events, Service, Uncategorized
Standing Up
Something happened this week that caused me to stop and say, “Wow!” Can you say filibuster? Not to get political and not to argue the points that were being made, but someone who did not take short cuts, was not lazy, but actually stood strong for what he believed in for over 12 hours, spoke about [...]
Posted in Communication, Events, Leadership, Programs, Uncategorized
History started the day we were born
I am often challenged by people who live the above title of this blog. Recently, a person of one political persuasion was complaining about the unprecedented political shenanigans of the other party as they attempted to tilt the rules in favor of “their team”. To paraphrase that famous rabbit hunter, “those wascalley wabbits”. If we [...]
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Garbage In Garbage Out
Anyone remember GIGO in the early days of computers? That’s what I feel like I am hearing as I listened to the radio and read my newspaper this morning. There was a joyous voice on the radio claiming they found out through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the Illitch organization has inquired [...]
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Accountability Reviews
Closing out 2012 is a process we instating with our Department Heads called Accountability Reviews. This is based on a similar process that I go through annually with our elected city council. We like this process because it is not a report card type of review. There is a column for what they are [...]
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Innovative “Swamp Fox”
Innovation is one of the American characteristic that people around the world have always admired. Even as a young adolescent nation we saw great examples of being innovative that set us apart from the status quo. On August 15 in 1780, the American Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion (AKA “Swamp Fox“) and his irregular cavalry force [...]
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CrimeOutAPalooza
Free “CrimeOutAPalooza” event includes food, fun, entertainment and education in support of crime prevention! This is the thirteenth year that Auburn Hills has participated in National Night Out, a campaign that centers on partnerships between citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials. For the past six years, the City has [...]
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