By Guy Smith
July 16, 2007

Conference Vice President Miami Mayor Manny Diaz will be host for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Conference in June. Diaz, in brief remarks preceding a video extolling Miami’s sights and attractions, said that the Los Angeles meeting and the 2006 meeting in Las Vegas set the bar high for his city to match; but he promised his best. Miami, he noted, is a city of cultural diversity, with 62 percent of the population being foreign born. He added that since arriving from Cuba as a young man, the city has given him the freedom and opportunity to live the American dream, and that he was looking forward to sharing that dream next year with America’s mayors.