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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.

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.

My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.

If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomethings with choices, you're probably going to succeed.