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 Nation's Mayors and County Leaders Unveil Ten-Point
"Agenda for Metropolitan America"; U.S. Domestic Policy Advisor
Tops List U.S.
Conference of Mayors (USCM) President Wellington Webb, National Association
of Counties (NACo) President C. Vernon Gray and other top local government
leaders will announce a national campaign to enhance the nation’s metro
regions, which includes pressing the next Administration to create a
cabinet-level domestic policy advisor. At
the end of Jan. 2000, the U.S. will mark its longest span of economic
expansion in its history. Using data
from a recent Standard & Poor’s DRI report, local leaders will
demonstrate how the economic boom has been propelled by the nation’s largest
urban counties and cities – America’s economic engines. Noting that corporate investment strategies, and
state and federal policies have ignored this reality, Mayors and county
officials will use the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) event to
launch an historic year-long campaign.
The campaign will heighten the profile of metropolitan economic
issues, and encourage spirited debate of metropolitan initiatives during the
Year 2000 Presidential Campaign. When: Tuesday,
Jan. 25, 2000 Time:
8:30am Where: Association
for a Better New York (ABNY) News Conference
at 9:30am, immediately following ABNY event
C.
Vernon Gray, Council member, Howard County (MD) and President, National
Association of Counties (NACo); H. Brent Coles, Mayor of Boise and USCM Vice President; Marc
Morial, Mayor of New Orleans and USCM Advisory Board Chair; Wayne
Curry, Prince George’s County (MD) Executive and NACo Large
Urban County Caucus Chairman; Ron Sims, NACo Large Urban County Caucus Vice
Chair and King County (WA) Executive
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