Across the united states. You know, city leaders, whether you are in a city, town or village are uniquely situated. What do i mean by that . In the state of the union you have National Media do you have congress and its all about trying to score partisan points. But, in the state of the city its really talking to constituents, connecting with them about what youve done and about what you are going to do. I will tell you another place where we are uniquely situated. We see our constituents every day in Grocery Stores and in our places of worship and in everyday areas like the ywca and sometimes they just show up at city hall, whether they have an appointment or not because they want to talk to the mayor. Guess what . We talked because that is what mayors and what city leaders do. This year i gave my eight state of the city address. I will tell you, we have gone to doing this as a ted talk because quite honestly it got so long and i got so tired of reading it and they got tired of hearin
This is about an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning and welcome to the National League of cities. It is my distinct honor to bring you greetings on behalf of the board and the staff of the National League of cities. We are excited about this presentation this morning, as we discuss the state of cities across the united states. You know, city leaders, whether you are in a city, town or village are uniquely situated. What do i mean by that . In the state of the union you have National Media do you have congress and its all about trying to score partisan points. But, in the state of the city its really talking to constituents, connecting with them about what youve done and about what you are going to do. I will tell you another place where we are uniquely situated. We see our constituents every day in Grocery Stores and in our places of worship and in everyday areas like the ywca and sometimes they just show up at city hall, whether they have an appointment or not because they want to talk
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Security that they need to achieve their mission. So general williams is a very busy man right now. The u. S. Military has a lot going on in africa right now. You might remember that u. S. Troops were dispatched to uganda to help root out joseph coney there. Theyve also been sent to the Central African republic to look for elements of joseph coneys rebel group. Theyve sent around 80 troops to the nation of chad to help in the search for the missing nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram. A longstanding Counterterrorism Campaign in somalia and yemen right across the gulf from somalia. A contingent of u. S. Troops was sent to mali to support that countrys fight against islamic militants there. On top of all of that now is this big new effort in the western african nations of guinea, liberia and sierra leone. Its going to be a long time deal because that effort is for the u. S. Military to essentially build up the Public Health infrastructure of those entire countries. Build up the
In a shocking turn of events, the recently elected Mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart, once hailed as a champion of development and an anti-corruption crusader, is now facing damning allegations of bribery and collusion with the South African-based McCormick Property Development Company. This explosive revelation comes to light as evidence points to Coltart's involvement in…