That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'
I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.
The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor community, president and the congress in order to be able to do this.
Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.
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.
Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.
The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.
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