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Want A Successful Stimulus? Reactivate Obama's Grassroots Operation in Cities

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Harry Moroz

Why not set up stimulus accountability outposts of the White House in cities? Obama came into office with a metro mandate and now is the time to claim it.

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Getting Steamy About the Administration's Unrequited Love

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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Harry Moroz

America's mayors, as Politico puts its, are "steamed" about the White House's decision to pull hundreds of administration officials out of last weeken...

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Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas

Peter Dreier | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

Increasingly, the challenges facing suburbs are the same ones facing cities. The politics that used to divide metro areas have collapsed. Indeed, in this election, suburban voters are up for grabs.

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Foreclosures Prompt Cities to Make Plea For Federal Aid

New York Times | IAN URBINA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Facing a collapse in the subprime mortgage market that has pockmarked their cities with vacant houses and crippled their budgets, the nation's mayors ...

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