Washington, DC
August 6, 2004

Boston Democratic Convention - July 26-29

Ten mayors addressed the Democratic National Convention and we were honored to have a significant luncheon featuring a number of prominent Democratic elected officials. Conference President Don Plusquellic continues to push the Democratic Party to adopt our proposals into their political agenda for the future.

Republican National Convention - August 30 - September 2

In New York later this month, The United States Conference of Mayors will join with the National League of Cities and the National Association of Counties honoring city and county officials attending the Republican National Convention. Conference President Don Plusquellic will join with NLC President Mayor Charlie Lyons and NACo President Angelo Kyle in promoting our investment and job creation initiatives into the Republican Presidential campaign agenda.

Chicago Leadership Meeting - August 10-11

Conference President Don Plusquellic convenes the leadership of the Conference of Mayors in Chicago this week. Hosted by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Democratic and Republican mayors will sign off on the Mayors '04 Metro Agenda, which is a set of initiatives and proposals centered on job creation, smart infrastructure investment and public safety/homeland security.

Ohio Mayor '04 Jobs Tour - August 12-13

Conference President Don Plusquellic will leave Chicago and lead a statewide Ohio Mayors '04 Jobs tour via bus, along with - Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin, Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell, Cincinnati Mayor Charles Luken and Toledo Mayor Jack Ford where we will release our Ohio Metro Economies and Job Growth report. This is one of a series of economic reports we have released over the past five years. While Ohio metro economies all show a job loss and economic reports show Ohio as the state ranking 50th in job growth over the past four years, Akron Mayor Plusquellic and the Ohio mayors as well as Mayors throughout the Nation are advocating and urging both Democratic and Republican Parties to accept our Mayor's '04 Metro Agenda as their response to speed the economic recovery for the metro economies of America.

Scheduled throughout Ohio are Editorial Board Meetings with all Ohio major dailies as well as press events for the print and electronic media. Press events will show what mayors and the business communities are doing together to meet the jobs crisis of the metro economies, which drive Ohio's economy.

The Ohio state-wide event is one of many the U.S. Conference of Mayors sponsored events as we go forward to bring both Presidential candidates leading up to the election on November 2 to focus on initiatives that strengthen our metro-economies across the nation.

NLC Town Meeting - D.C. - September 28

On September 28, Conference President Plusquellic will join with NLC President Charlie Lyons in Washington, D.C. for the National League of Cities Town Meeting entitled "America's Cities and Towns Working Together to Resurrect the American Dream."

USCM Leadership Meeting Akron, October 7-9

The USCM Fall Leadership Meeting is set for Akron, Ohio - October 7-9. Conference President Plusquellic has invited President Bush and Senator Kerry to meet with the mayors as we continue to advocate a discussion of our Mayors '04 Metro Agenda priorities during the Presidential campaign.

This has been an active summer for all of us thus far - with miles to go and dates to keep as we use our resources and bipartisan political energy to forge a common agenda between both President Bush and Senator Kerry on our key priorities.