Being A California Mayor: Burlingame's Donna Colson

WanderLearn: Travel to Transform Your Mind & Life · Oct 13, 2019 · 37m

Donna Colson is one of the five City Council members in Burlingame, California. Currently, she's serving as Burlingame's Mayor. Burlingame is an affluent city with 30,000 residents near the San Francisco Airport. I grew up next to Burlingame.Mayor Colson is running for re-election to the City Council on November 5, 2019. We chatted for 30 minutes about a variety of topics, including:What does a mayor do every day?How much does she get paid?Why do such a job?What surprised her once she became the mayor?How much time does she spend fund-raising?Will we ever go beyond the two-party system?What…