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National Meeting: New President, New Relationship with Cities
August 14, 2008
Two days after the Presidential election, CEOs for Cities will convene in Chicago for a special one-day meeting to challenge the President-elect and his transition team to establish a new era of cooperation between the Federal government and America's cities. At a national press conference during the Nov. 6 meeting, our network of urban leaders will commit itself to innovative bottom-up initiatives and will ask a fresh-start administration to meet us halfway in a collaborative working relationship to make the best of difficult times. Representing the nation’s primary source of wealth, employment and global competitiveness, urban leaders will ask for a new attitude from the federal government – an attitude of encouragement and support for nation-building at the grassroots. For…
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Metro Nation
September 6, 2008
Posted by: Carol
Much has been written about regionalism and our "metro nation" lately. But there is little evidence that local governments, even within a metro area, can cooperate on the big issues. One organization stands in stark contrast to business as usual -- the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus of Chicagoland. I was reminded of the very significant achievement of the caucus -- getting "competing" mayors to work together regularly -- at its party last night at Soldier Field. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was talking to me after his remarks and said again that mayors must get over their partisanship at the local level and find ways to cooperate with their neighbors on the big issues. Last night's event was a timely reminder that…