It’s a Zoo Around Here

We go from the politician who seems to understand nonprofits (Dan Malloy, potential candidate for governor of Connecticut and the subject of my last blog) to those who seem pretty clueless about nonprofits. I’m speaking about the city of Tampa, which wants to reinvent the wheel. Late last year, a city audit revealed that the Lowry Park Zoo—recently rated the number one zoo in America by Parent’s Magazine—wasn’t the number one best managed nonprofit in America. Far from it.

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My Write-In Vote

I want to live in Connecticut.  Well, not really.  But I would like the Mayor of Stamford, Dan Malloy, who is assessing whether he will make a bid for the Governor’s seat, to run and I’d like to vote for him.  And, even more importantly, I’d like him to win and carry out his tentative campaign promises—well, at least one of them.  

But before I get into why I want to vote for Malloy, I need to make one thing clear:  I am not a one Read more