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League presenter urges city leaders to use stories, specificity to make local issues stick with legislators
Summary
A League presenter at a Utah League of Cities and Towns session on Oct. 30 urged municipal officials to use concise, specific storytelling to make local issues memorable to state legislators.
A League presenter at a Utah League of Cities and Towns session on Oct. 30 urged municipal officials to use concise, specific storytelling to make local issues memorable to state legislators.
The presenter warned that many events that are "someone else's most important day" are routine "Tuesdays" for officeholders and Capitol staff, and recommended tactics — "special moves" — city leaders can use to stand out when advocating at the state Capitol.
The advice was framed with a long analogy to 1995 pop culture and the video game Street Fighter: the presenter said the difference between an event that is life-changing for a resident and an ordinary day for an official is often a matter of…
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