Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.
They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state.
As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.
I as an elected official would never recommend anybody to boycott any city or state.
Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done.
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.
I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.