Ten North Carolina mayors are going to Washington this weekend.
The group will join over 250 mayors from across the country to call for local help in the upcoming Congressional stimulus package.
Expected to attend are Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the former GOP gubernatorial candidate; Durham Mayor Bill Bell; Fayetteville Mayor Tony Chavonne; Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines; Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy; and the mayors of Asheville, Concord, Gastonia, Salisbury and Waxhaw.
They will be attending the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The conference will release a report this weekend on projected job losses in metropolitan areas, a particular concern for McCrory, who founded the N.C. Metropolitan Mayors Coalition to concentrate on urban issues.
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Re: N.C. mayors to push for stimulus
January 20, 2009 - 6:06pm — pickingperdueBloomberg acted like he had never heard of McCrory until Pat called him and said they had met a few times, something Bloomberg obviously forgot; why mention that?
Guns vs. Butter
January 16, 2009 - 6:40pm — AquaManwonder if any of the mayorswill call on the US military to get completely out of Iraq and Afghanistan?? After all, its a zero sum game, the billions spent on maintaining world empire cannot be spent on meeting human needs at home.
Re: N.C. mayors to push for stimulus
January 16, 2009 - 3:38pm — GrayJNo post about Mayor Bloomberg mention Mayor McCrory yesterday?