 I'm sure people don't really know what you do or like blame you for things that they probably you have nothing to do with what are some of the things that you can debunk as like these myths that people think you're in your people probably think you're in control of everything but we know that's not necessarily the case are there like three myths that you'd love to just for the record clear up right now in terms of what people think being mayor is and what it actually is or maybe some things that people think you're responsible for but at the end of the day you're so far removed from it so I think when you hear the word mayor you think it's like a person who kind of runs the town right but the way our city government is structured our city council is a group of five people and the mayor is you know the head of the city council for one year you get elected to a four-year term but you serve as mayor for one of those four years and you're kind of like the chairman of the board in that position and the person in our case in our city in our form of government who kind of runs the city day to day is our city manager which is kind of like if you think about a nonprofit structure like the executive director and so a lot of people come to the mayor with their problems but ultimately it's city staff that's going to help solve them and so I'm not a mayor like mayor Garcetti where we are a chartered city with a directly elected mayor that you know is bestowed with certain powers and authority it's a little bit different than that but that being said it's a great platform and opportunity for people to have someone in their community that they can connect with when they have problems I will say that sometimes you know I've had people reach out to me because they're upset that their next-door neighbor hasn't put their trash cans away in a timely manner again not something I would think to call my mayor about but it's happened and you know you have to meet people where they are and deal with them you know deal with their daily problems in the same way they're experiencing them so do I have special powers to make people put their trash cans away no um but uh you know sometimes sending an email I guess will do the trick I also think being mayor of the city it feels like we also are not full time and so I have a full-time job outside of this that's how I'm able to afford to live in West Hollywood and the city council is not considered a full-time job we get paid a stipend but it's not even enough to pay my rent that stipend per month so the full-time job that I have is what I do so the work that I do for the community really is because I love it and because I want to be of service and I want to help people in the city. Hey everyone thanks for checking out that clip if you enjoyed it be sure to hit the like button down below and if you're interested in hearing the full episode it's out right now on our youtube channel we've had a lot of great guests come on this show before and we've got a lot of great guests coming up in the future so hit subscribe so that you don't miss a single episode and one final note we're always looking for new ideas and new companies feature on the show so if you know of someone or know of a company write us a comment down below letting us know who they are and what they do we'd be happy to have them on the show till then I'll just be here waiting for your comments so uh see you later