For episode thirty-four, I spoke with Bob Yates who is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running to be Boulder’s first directly elected mayor this fall. We met at a park near his house in North Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including the possibility of building a gondola that connects downtown to the hill, observations from his recent travels to Budapest, accessory dwelling units, the role of elected officials and Bob’s leadership style, occupancy, the new down payment assistance program, the need to pay city council a living wage, among others. Bob is perhaps best known for his monthly newsletter The Boulder Bulletin which is distributed to over 7,000 subscribers and is filled with interesting stories and detailed rationales for his policy positions.