Adhere that she is here to talk citi who isector of here to talk with us. You know him a yours. I followed your career, so keep up the great work. Thank you. First of all, for the National League of city is and what it does. The National League of cities is the oldest Municipal Association that represents cities in america. In 2024, we would be 100 years old. Our mission is to be the voice of citys cities. We advocate on behalf of the issues impacting cities. Technical assistant, best practices, next practices, and we get our municipal leaders prepared to provide solutions and deal with real issues every day they are facing in their community. Host now, the National League of cities recently conducted a tody a survey of cities figure out what is going on during can during coronavirus. Can you tell us what you found out . We really found out that it will be a devastating time for cities right now as well as after this pandemic has been into lysed in some way. What we found out is that 8
Could be the flu, 24 hour, 48 hours i will be ok. Got a little bit worse. About the middle of the next the 25th, i found out i was positive. Thats when the journey really began. Week, i was really under the weather. I have evermething experienced before. Much more severe than any other flu i had before. Lost about 30 pounds during that time. Toll, but ima back on my feet feeling really good and going through the selfquarantine and waiting about three weeks before i get out of that mode and back into the public. With social distancing, i think we will take extra care to make sure we are following the directions by the cdc. Host a heck of a way to lose 30 pounds. Guest somebody said my gosh, you lost 30 pounds, how much do you weigh now . I dont want to get into that, but losing 30 pounds is a lot. If you have ever had this or get this, you will find out you have absolutely no desire to eat, you dont have any taste, appetite. To crankeally started just me was i was constantly trying to g
You know im a fan of yours. Work. P the great thank you. For our viewers, explain to us what the National League of city is and out it will be a devastating time for cities. Right now as well as after this pandemic. 88 of cities, especially those that are larger, will see a reduction in their revenue. Many will see a shortfall. This budget did not anticipate this tragedy. Some of these employees be essential. That could include some of our fire services, emts, as well as public nervous. 38 indicated that they take back to furlough or lay off employees. Cities like cincinnati are already laying off employees. New york will have to cut off essential services. They are looking at those kinds of things right now. Alreadynio has indicated that it will have to either borrow money or lay off employees. Our survey startled us. This pandemic was going to have an impact. Until you start looking at the into what ising nowening in america right in terms of stayathome and closing restaurants and ot
Republicans control the house and the senate. In the era of the obama gridlock is over. We are going to make a point. The American People have spoken. They expect the people they elect to get the job down. Because you have divided government doesnt mean you havent accomplished everything. I look forward to working toot. Cheryl atkinson says her computers hacked and her reporting stone walled. The height of her investigation, several scandals involving the obama. We have a 300 mile conversation about war, what it does to you and why you miss it. Two pastors and a 90yearold man face possible gaol time. Their crime feeding the homeless we begin with president obamas response to the historic republican blow out victory in the Midterm Elections. The American People sent a message, one sent for several elections now. They expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do. They want us to get the job done. It doesnt make me mopey, it energiesizes me. It means that democracy is working.
Proposal. There is another important step we can take and all of our discussion about education and teachers, thats not going to raise a way for students tomorrow. It will be 10 to 20 years from now. We consistently hear that federal aid is decreasing and federal mandates are increasing. Can you say what they can do to improve the lives of those . We have been doing a lot. First of all, we tried to be as flexible as possible. There is a number of places where we have shown that flexibility. Going forward, they depend on what we are doing in the federal budget. Thats why that debate over how much we will invest over infrastructure and feechers and research and programs like the cops program. All of these things are contingent on this broader debate over what to do about the spending levels. Thats one that we think is very much on the side of the nations cities. Thank you so much for taking the time to join us. Thank you. Next up, we have the Research Director who will talk you through t