
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and cohost Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by the new Port Townsend Mayor Amy Howard. There was a good question from a listener about how we might improve the dialogue between the city council and their constituents. Taylor also read a portion of Mayor Howard’ web post calling for “listening to one another with curiosity and compassion.” The entire statement is available here: https://cityofpt.us/citycouncil/page/january-2026-message-mayor-amy-howard. John mentioned that Amy is featured in the Association of Washington Cities magazine this month. The article can be found here: https://wacities.org/data-resources/cityvision/articles/2026/01/05/home-run.

