While my internship and experience with the Mayor isn't quite over, one of the other interns who is from Germany has her last day in the office today. She has been one of the best parts about working down at City Hall, because it is so much fun to learn about how things are different in city government and life in general over in Germany. Plus her accent is just so much fun to listen to, and you can't help but fall in love with her cute personality!
Big things have been happening for me this week, the Student Government and City Hall project I was working on hit some major strides. The Senate meeting down here at City Hall is quickly approaching (Less than two weeks YAYAY!!!) and at the start of this week we had no speaker, no budget and lots of the Senators still had no idea what was going on with this really cool opportunity. Now, sitting at the end of the week, we have a speaker, and we have a budget (and a SG Appropriations Bill to match), and most of the senators at least have a vague idea of what's going on. I went to Senate this week as someone's alternate and was able to explain how the evening is going to work and answer people's questions and it was great to see how me answering a few things really made people more comfortable with the whole situation. I also feel much more comfortable because things are falling into place with this whole event. I really really hope I don't hit any more snags, but I know that if I do I will be able to handle it. That's the biggest and best thing I have learned so far, planning early is great and you should absolutely do it when you can, but keeping calm and having a back-up plan in times of seeming crisis is the best skill I could have asked to learn.
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AuthorMiranda Hileman is an honors student at the University of Cincinnati embarking on a journey to combat the insanity of working for a public official. Archives
December 2014
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