A panel of three local government officials shared Thursday with participants in the Wichita Business Journal’s Emerging Leaders program how public service has — and has not — changed over their years in the industry. What’s remained steadfast, city manager Robert Layton said, is government’s core mission of making life better for the people that it serves.
The public’s perception of government, though, has taken on a new tone the last few decades. “We have to work harder to earn the public’s trust, and when you see things in the media about the times that we stub our toes… People still hold us accountable and expect the best from us,” Layton said.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
