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I hope more cities engage with immigrant entrepreneurs the way St. Louis has - it's a great model.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Some people are born for the city. I'm not one of them.

I saw my city gripped by fear. Because of violent acts committed by illegal aliens, my residents were afraid to shop - or even drive - on certain streets.

We're just welcoming people to our city.

Cities are not static objects to be feared or admired, but are instead a living process that residents are changing all the time.

Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.

Cities produce love and yet feel none. A strange thing when you think about it, but perhaps fitting. Cities need that love more than most of us care to imagine. Cities, after all, for all their massiveness, all their there-ness, are acutely vulnerable.

But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens.