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It’s no wonder America’s mayors feel their cities have been discarded by the federal government under the Bush administration. As one source earlier this week put it, things seem to be falling apart, whether you’re a home owner, a driver, a polar bear, or a Midwesterner living near a levee.*
As Miami’s mayor Manny Diaz told the U.S. Conference of Mayors after he was sworn in as organization president, the lack of federal leadership is crippling.
”It’s plain and simple — they have abandoned us,” Diaz said to the hundreds of mayors gathered for his induction ceremony.
…Diaz cited federal budget cuts in housing, education, and crime-fighting as proof of Washington’s failure to invest in cities.
It’s only going to get worse, Manny, according to a friend of mine of who works for an area non-profit. He said his agency and many others were summoned by county emergency managers for a presentation on the coming hard times. Look for more “undeclared” disasters, they were told, calamities that the federal government will decline to declare as such, leaving it up to local officials, and increasingly, to local volunteers to fund and handle.
Or maybe not. A lot depends on who is the next resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Barack Obama addressed the mayors, listening to their concerns and pledging his support as president.
John McCain…didn’t attend the conference.
* I would quote from the story but it’s by AP so I’ll skip it.
H/T to Ray
Diez,
has a lot of nerve. He’s still so fixated on a little boy living in Cuba, he can’t embrace the new President coming. I have sympathy and support for all other cities but not Miami
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I’m sure Obama will fix all the cities perfectly. All progress is possible and positive if we just hope.
People are hypnotized with Obamamania and his Obammunism. Good fodder for Obama posters here. Posters about him reflect this puppy dogs, doves and rainbows feeling. The Obama Utopia.
If Obama can stay pretty clean, do some good things as Senator, and then become Governor of IL, he could be unstoppable in 2012 or 2016. Scary stuff.
I would dearly love to see a Jewish, African-American woman as POTUS. It’s not race or gender that makes it for me though. It’s political beliefs that matter, and socialism is bad for everybody, (accept those high in government or high-level academia) especially poor people, of all races. Obama is a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist, no thanks.
His ‘Change’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Progress’ mantras are actually somewhat self-mocking. Making your own Obama posters is totally addicting.
I laughed so hard I almost had a breakdown. LOL!
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
befriend a bomber
pushing for change at all costs
sacrifices must be made
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
only feel and hope
please force people to change
change can only be good
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All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech, then there can be no real freedom.
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Make Some Obama Posters NOW!
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Che Makes Money for Capitalists
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Help Halt Terrorism Now!
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